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Sean McVerry and Andy Roninson - Everyday's a Holiday

from A Blue State of Christmas by Various Artists

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"This song was written specifically for this compilation. A week before the recording date, Sean McVerry came over just to hang out. I asked him if he wanted to write a song while he was over, and in three hours, this is what turned up.

The narrator in the song is a guy who used to be too cool for Christmas and other societal norms, but now suddenly finds himself in a big house with a wife and kids and dogs and a new sensation bordering on contentment."- Andy Roninson

"Andy and I wrote "Everyday's a Holiday" from the perspective of a person coming to terms with just how fast life moves after a certain point. I think the holidays (with their usual traditions) can serve as kind of a control group in life - while every year is different, the holidays are always at least somewhat similar and uniform.

I think because of that fact, the holidays can offer a time to reflect on how pieces of your life have changed, whether it be minor things or waking up and suddenly having a wife and a family. I do think inherently the song can come across as almost bitter about that, but that wasn't really our intention. The character in "Everyday's a Holiday" has lived fast and perhaps lost track of where they've been going, but it's possible where they've ended up isn't all that bad." - Sean McVerry

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I’d never been one for tinsel time
Or candy canes or Santa at the mall
With the fat bratty kids sitting on his lap
Tell him what they want, but they won’t get that

I’d never been one for mistletoe
Or going home or remakes of a classic movie
With lesser-known actors who look like your dad if your dad lost some weight

Oh, oh
It’s twenty years later
The kids are knockin’ at the
Door
Even the dog is barkin’ at me,
“Get up! Get up!
Get up up up!”

What has my life become?
Shoveling the driveway
What has my life become?
Waiting for the pay day
Take one step and
Soon the world around you slips away
Till everyday’s a holiday

I’d never been one for laying low,
for picking trees, for hot cocoa that’s cold now
It’s basically chocolate milk
But without the milk

I always thought I’d be the man
Without a plan, run farther than the human eye can see
But now I’m lying to my children, telling someone is coming, giving something for nothing

Oh, oh,
I’m older and I’m fatter
But I know it doesn’t matter at
All

The cousins in the kitchen
Throwing dishes in the sink and
singing, “Get up!
Get up! Up! Up! Up!”

What has my life become?
Shoveling the driveway
What has my life become?
Waiting for the pay day
Take one step and
Soon the world around you slips away
Till everyday’s a holiday

Take one step and
Soon the world around you slips away
Till everyday’s a holiday

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from A Blue State of Christmas, released November 28, 2017
Written and recorded by: Sean McVerry and Andy Roninson
Performed by: Sean McVerry (vocals, guitar) and Andy Roninson (keyboard)

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