Name: Allston Carol
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Description: A 2021 reboot of the Rafters' very first record, a 1988 Christmas single.

Allston Carol

by The Rafters

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A 2021 reboot of the Rafters' very first record, a 1988 Christmas single.

lyrics

I can see the pretty young people
In a Christmas town
Making snowmen, singing a carol
Bells come ringing down
There is peace in every house
Forgiveness in the air
By the fire they're opening presents
Smiling everywhere

I wake up in my apartment
To a steel-grey sky
There's no snow, nobody is singing
Broken babies cry
I look down where people are walking
Faces all afraid
Someday soon they're going to crash
Into the world they've made

When you reach the turning point
The parting of the ways
When you reach that place
Will you remember Christmas Day

Every day so full of frustration
Every dream refused
I get tired of seeing our nightmares
Turn into the news
So I wonder can it be Christmas
Can this truth survive
Could it start to open the hearts
Of men who package lies

When it's time to take the bait
And talk like black is grey
When you reach that gate
Will you remember Christmas Day

Maybe we'll awake
Into a New Year place
Break the chain
Start over again
And wear our human face

When you reach the turning point
The parting of the ways
When you reach that place
Will you remember Christmas Day

I can see a Christmas town
I can see a Christmas town
I can see a Christmas town

credits

released December 2, 2021
Brian Middleton: Lead & background vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, percussion
Gary Barbati: Drums
Brice Buchanan: Lead guitar
Priscilla Bolte: Background vocals
Eben Bein: Background vocals

Recorded & mixed by Brian Middleton at Night Kitchen, Dorchester, MA
Thanks to Ken Pelletier, Carrie Seymour & Rick McNeely for their inspiring contributions to the original record.
Cover photo: BU Interactive News (CC BY 2.0/Flickr)

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The Rafters Boston, Massachusetts

The Rafters were a jangle-flavored rock quartet that flourished in the Boston area from 1988 to 1993. Members were Brian Middleton (guitar & vocals), Gary Barbati (drums & vocals), Ken Pelletier (bass) and Brice Buchanan (lead guitar & vocals).

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