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Evergreen Magic

by Side Saddle

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I’m a big Christmas Tree guy. I grew up going to a place called ‘Wilkins Fruit and Fir Farm’ in Yorktown Heights, NY. I didn’t grow up with many family traditions but the one my Dad and I both loved the most was going to the farm and cutting down our own Christmas Tree. He was off on Mondays so we would go the first Monday in December, my sister, my mom, my dad, and I. We would bring our own bow saw, jump on the hay wagon and ride out until we got lost in the evergreens, jump off and start looking for “the tree”. The family joke was that we always picked one that was too big and would never cut enough off of the bottom. We’d let the tree live in the garage for 24 hours so it would acclimate to a slightly warmer climate and then bring it inside. The top of the tree would always scratch the ceiling leaving a mark on the ceiling. For whatever reason, we never painted over the previous years’ line’s from Christmas Trees of years passed. It was sort of like a tally of how many years we’d kept the tradition. -Ian

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We pile in the car
Wolverine Starter Jacket’s on
Kate and I in the back
Mom and Dad are up front
Driving down our street
Snow on the tall pines
A three-mile drive
I’ve waited a lifetime

Dad grabs a saw and a pair of gloves from out the trunk
and puts me on the wagon, he points as far as I can see and says
“we’re on our way”,
we’re on our way, yeah

And then we all got lost in the evergreens
He was looking at me to see which one had caught my eye
And it was probably a foot too big but we cut it down
And when we got it back home the top had scratched the ceiling
Leaving a new mark where the old marks had been made

And when we all got lost in the evergreens
Dad was looking at me to see which one had caught my eye
And it was definitely a foot too big but we cut it down
And when we got it back home the top had scratched the ceiling
Leaving a new mark where the old mark had been made

Dada da da
Dada da da ah
Dada da da
Dada da da ah ah ah

credits

released December 6, 2021
This tune was recorded at The Barnum Sound Studio in Port Jefferson, NY by Ian McGuinness.

Music and Lyrics by Ian McGuinness
Vocals, Guitars, Drums, Keys, and Percussion by Ian McGuinness
Bass Guitar by Brandon Niznik
Violin by Alisa Rabbitt
Mixed and Mastered by Kyle Mangels

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Side Saddle Dallas, Texas

Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and band leader Ian McGuinness is known for his infectious indie-folk melodies and introspective, ‘bare it all’ story telling. Now based in North Texas, Side Saddle will be releasing songs from the upcoming EP “Forever and a A Little While”, produced and mixed by Peter Katis.

Side Saddle is Ian McGuinness, Ryan Sniffen, Eric Tait Jr, and Miles Nasta
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