Damon Leigh - Producer, Singer/Songwriter & Author

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Is There Any Day Better Than Christmas?

Is there any day better than Christmas

Any day any more full of cheer

There’s no way any day could be better

It’s the merriest day of the year

Bright Christmas lights are twinkling nightly all across the town

December chills the air as frosty snowflakes flitter down

The malls abound with hurried shoppers giggling rounds of glee

They scurry home with gifts to stow beneath a Yuletide tree

Is there any day better than Christmas

Any day any more full of cheer

There’s no way any day could be better

It’s the merriest day of the year

How dearly we anticipate the year's most sacred day

To celebrate the birth of Him who’d come to show the way

To venerate the One who changed the course of all our lives

To keep His love… peace and good will within our hearts alive

Is there any day better than Christmas

Any day any more full of cheer

There’s no way any day could be better

It’s the merriest day of the year

Is there any day better than Christmas

Any day any more full of cheer

There’s no way any day could be better

It’s the merriest day of the year

If Every Day Were Christmas...

If every day were Christmas… if somehow this came true

The world would soon be filled with joy and no one would be blue

If every day were Christmas… the spirit of the day

Of peace on Earth… good will to everyone... would come to stay

Let every day be Christmas

Be kind to everyone

Help others realize their dreams

With good deeds you have done

Sweet light will shine upon you

From Heaven high above

And everyone you meet will be

Inspired by your love

If every day were Christmas… if somehow this came true

The world would soon be filled with joy and no one would be blue

If every day were Christmas… the spirit of the day

Of peace on Earth… good will to everyone... would come to stay

Instrumental

Keep every day as Christmas

With cheerfulness to spare

And give your smiles away like you're

A smile millionaire

If every day were Christmas… if somehow this came true

The world would soon be filled with joy and no one would be blue

If every day were Christmas… the spirit of the day

Of peace on Earth… good will to everyone... would come to stay

Yes... peace on Earth… good will to everyone... would come to stay

There is a Santa Claus!

I read a letter yesterday a girl wrote long ago

With hope that someone at The Sun would more than likely know

Dear Editor… I’m eight years old… Virginia is my name

While I believe in Santa Claus my friends don’t feel the same

I asked my Papa who is right... my little friends or I

He said I should ask you because The New York Sun won't lie

So tell me please what is the truth… does Santa Claus exist

Or is he just a fairy tale… a legend or a myth

There is a Santa Claus

You may be sure because

His presence though your eyes conceal

Your faithful heart will still reveal

And that’s why I can say to you

Yes Virginia it is true

There is a Santa Claus

That editor was Francis Church who tenderly opined

My dear your little friends are wrong... I fear they've closed their minds

These days so many people won't believe what they can't see

And what their brains don't comprehend they'll say no way can be

How dreary must existence be for those who don’t believe

Whose faith is lost with all the wonders that they can't perceive

The things most real in all the world... like love... no one can see

And yet they fill our wistful lives despite their mystery

There is a Santa Claus

You may be sure because

His presence though your eyes conceal

Your faithful heart will still reveal

And that’s why I can say to you

Yes Virginia it is true

There is a Santa Claus

A Living Christmas Tree

I'm celebrating Christmas with a living Christmas tree

A tree that purifies the air to keep us breathing free

A tree that in the springtime I'll be planting in the ground

A living Christmas tree to give us gifts the whole year-round

It’s getting close to Christmastime… the season of good cheer

Without a doubt this truly is my fav’rite time of year

Though lately I’m preoccupied with something of great worth

A way to stave off climate change and save our planet Earth

I'm celebrating Christmas with a living Christmas tree

A tree that purifies the air to keep us breathing free

A tree that in the springtime I'll be planting in the ground

A living Christmas tree to give us gifts the whole year-round

Earth needs more trees to sweep the breeze of man-made CO₂

If we chop down too many trees we'll soon be turning blue

We must not wait till it’s too late... the bill is overdue

And so to start to pay my part here’s what I plan to do

I'm celebrating Christmas with a living Christmas tree

A tree that purifies the air to keep us breathing free

A tree that in the springtime I'll be planting in the ground

A living Christmas tree to give us gifts the whole year-round

Instrumental

An artificial Christmas tree's a partial substitution

It saves a tree but can't reverse the curse of air pollution

So if you have a mind to stand behind a real solution

Go get a living Christmas tree and join the revolution

I'm celebrating Christmas with a living Christmas tree

A tree that purifies the air to keep us breathing free

A tree that in the springtime I'll be planting in the ground

A living Christmas tree to give us gifts the whole year-round

To help with the solution to CO₂ pollution

Go get a living Christmas tree and join the revolution

One Christmas Eve

One Christmas Eve so very long ago

We chanced to meet beneath a mistletoe

I heard enchanting music play

Just as you smiled to sweetly say

For this and every Christmas

May all your dreams come true

I wish you Merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year too

One Christmas Eve as moonlight lit the snow

We shared a kiss beneath a mistletoe

I realized that blissful day

I’d never tire to hear you say

For this and every Christmas

May all your dreams come true

I wish you Merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year too

One Christmas Eve the world was all aglow

We fell in love beneath a mistletoe

Happy together since that day

That day I heard you sweetly say

For this and every Christmas

May all your dreams come true

I wish you Merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year too

For this and every Christmas

May all your dreams come true

I wish you Merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year too

I wish you Merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year too

Your Christmas Carol

This is your Christmas carol

It's my gift of cheer for you

May it wish you Merry Christmas

Every year your whole life through

I pray each Christmas from your past

Still brings you joy today

In memories that linger on

To never fade away

But may this Christmas top them all

Until the one next year

And every future Christmas be

A sweeter souvenir

This is your Christmas carol

It's my gift of cheer for you

May it wish you Merry Christmas

Every year your whole life through

My fondest Christmas wish of all

Has been far better said

In words much finer than are mine

I'll share with you instead

It's the most well-known Christmas wish

Since Christmas was begun...

"And so, as Tiny Tim observed,

God bless Us, Every One!”*

This is your Christmas carol

It's my gift of cheer for you

May it wish you Merry Christmas

Every year your whole life through

*Charles Dickens (1812-1870) - "A Christmas Carol" (1843)

It Wouldn't Feel Like Christmas Without You

Just like 'most other girls and boys

My Christmas dreams were filled with toys

And when December's snow would fall

I'd wish to Santa for them all

As I grew up I'm sad to say

My Yuletide spirit slipped away

Gone was the glitter and the glee

Till you spent Christmastime with me

Now it just wouldn't feel like Christmas without you

Without your loving gifts of kindness and joy

You've brought back Christmas to my heart

I pray we'll never be apart

Because it wouldn't feel like Christmas without you

Instrumental

I never thought I'd come to see

A Christmas mean as much to me

Or taste as sweet upon my tongue

As it once did when I was young

Now it just wouldn't feel like Christmas without you

Without your loving gifts of kindness and joy

You've brought back Christmas to my heart

I pray we'll never be apart

Because it wouldn't feel like Christmas without you

Oh no it wouldn't feel like Christmas without you

Without your loving gifts of kindness and joy

You've brought back Christmas to my heart

I pray we'll never be apart

Because it wouldn't feel like Christmas without you

Oh no it wouldn't feel like Christmas without you

It wouldn't feel like Christmas without you

I Never Met a Stranger at Christmastime

Well I never met a stranger at Christmastime

Everybody's overflowing with good cheer

Merry Christmas... Peace on Earth... Days of Auld Lang Syne

Health and happiness be yours throughout the year

Santa's helper on the sidewalk rings a silver bell

To remind us what a joy it is to give

That there's nothing more than sharing makes you feel so well

For to keep love to yourself is not to live

While the children grow excited counting down the hours

Until Santa leaves their toys beneath the tree

I'm remembering the Child this day is all about

And how we're all part of one big family

Oh I never met a stranger at Christmastime

Everybody's overflowing with good cheer

Merry Christmas... Peace on Earth... Days of Auld Lang Syne

Health and happiness be yours throughout the year

Instrumental

It's too long and so unwise to wait another year

Looking forward to December twenty-five

So I'm promising myself to send out Christmas cheer

From my heart for all three hundred sixty-five

'Cause I never met a stranger at Christmastime

Everybody's overflowing with good cheer

Merry Christmas... Peace on Earth... Days od Auld Lang Syne

Health and happiness be yours throughout the year

Merry Christmas... Peace on Earth... Days of Auld Lang Syne

Health and happiness be yours throughout the year

The Joy of Christmas Day

There's nothing more I'd Like to do

Nowhere on Earth I’d rather stay

Than my dear friend to be with you

To share the joy of Christmas Day

Just call me sentimental... I’m not too shy at all

To don my Yuletide spirit when summer turns to fall

All autumn I look forward to Saint Nick’s holiday

As it draws near I cheer him to hurry on his way

There's nothing more I'd Like to do

Nowhere on Earth I’d rather stay

Than my dear friend to be with you

To share the joy of Christmas Day

Fa la la la la la la la

Your lovely invitation arrived today by mail

With sweet anticipation I’ll be there without fail

Another year behind us... old Santa on his sleigh

This Christmas Eve will find us together come what may

There's nothing more I'd Like to do

Nowhere on Earth I’d rather stay

Than my dear friend to be with you

To share the joy of Christmas Day

Fa la la la la la la la

Yes my dear friend I'll be with you

We'll share the joy of Christmas Day

-- Coming Soon --

A star shined bright one silent night

The heavens it adorned

It bathed the world in sacred light

The night that Christ was born

The night that Jesus Christ was born good tidings were revealed

To shepherds tending to their flock abiding in the field

An Angel of the Lord declared these words of hope and joy

A savior God has sent to you... a blessèd baby boy

A star shined bright one silent night

The heavens it adorned

It bathed the world in sacred light

The night that Christ was born

Three wise and wealthy kings set forth toward a land afar

To seek the newborn Prince of Peace beneath that yonder star

Though precious were their gifts of gold... of frankincense and myrrh

The shepherds’ humble gift of love The Holy Child preferred

A star shined bright one silent night

The heavens it adorned

It bathed the world in sacred light

The night that Christ was born

Instrumental

So may we too at Christmastime and every day we live

Recall the greatest gift of all is all the love we give

A star shined bright one silent night

The heavens it adorned

It bathed the world in sacred light

The night that Christ was born

A star shined bright one silent night

The night that Christ was born


Coming Soon to a Theater Near You!


*https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9678162/reference*		*Starring: Robert Davi*






*Vocalist: Randy Crenshaw*	*Vocalist: Jordyn Simone*


Eighteen wheels keep right on turnin’	Eighteen wheels keep right on turnin’
Windin’ through these parts unknown	Windin’ over parts unknown
Eighteen wheels with tires burnin’	Eighteen wheels with tires burnin’
Help me find my way back home	Help him find his way back home

Most my life’s been on the highway	Most the time he's on the highway
Concrete ribbons ’cross the land	Concrete ribbons ’cross the land
Seems they’re never goin’ my way	Looks like life's not goin’ my way
Not the way I ever planned	Not the way I had it planned

For my fam’ly I stand ready	Still I’m faithful... true an' steady
I’ll make any sacrifice	Willin’ to pay any price
Workin’ hard an’ drivin’ steady	For his sake I'm always ready
Willin’ to pay any price	To make any sacrifice

Eighteen wheels keep right on turnin’	Eighteen wheels keep right on turnin’
Windin’ through these parts unknown	Windin’ over parts unknown
Eighteen wheels with tires burnin’	Eighteen wheels with tires burnin’
Help me find my way back home	Help him find his way back home

At the end of all my rollin’	At the end of all his rollin’
Down the road to who knows where	Down the road to who knows where
Lies the dream my heart’s been holdin’	I'm the woman he'll be holdin'
My sweet woman’s waitin’ there	Lovin' him with tender care

Eighteen wheels keep right on turnin’	Eighteen wheels keep right on turnin’
Windin’ through these parts unknown	Windin’ over parts unknown
Eighteen wheels with tires burnin’	Eighteen wheels with tires burnin’
Help me find my way back home	Help him find his way back home

Vocalist: Corinne DeVries

No matter where I roam I always long for home

However far or wide I think of her with pride

There's nowhere near as pretty as my Country Music City

She's a precious jewel... a priceless work of art

All I ever want to be is in Nashville Tennessee

With her friendly folks whose kindness tops the chart

So I'm coming home to stay and I'll never go away

Nashville is the place that holds my heart

I've wandered here and there to cities everywhere

But never did I cry while bidding them good-bye

No town around's as pretty as my Country Music City

Where it's raining tender tears each time we part

All I ever want to be is in Nashville Tennessee

With her friendly folks whose kindness tops the chart

So I'm coming home to stay and I'll never go away

Nashville is the place that holds my heart

Instrumental

All I ever want to be is in Nashville Tennessee

With her friendly folks whose kindness tops the chart

So I'm coming home to stay and I'll never go away

Nashville is the place that holds my heart

All I ever want to be is in Nashville Tennessee

Nashville is the place that holds my heart

Vocalist: Vangie Gunn-Goodwin

It's next to nothin' when it's just one-way

I give you lovin' then you run away

You think it's somethin' but I gotta say

No lotta nothin's gonna make me stay

Don't make me do hard time... Love is my only crime

Don't make me do hard time... 'Cause love is my only crime

It's not for certain but I kinda fear

It may be curtains as the end is near

Before it's over better get that clear

An' show me somethin' or I won't be here

Don't make me do hard time... Love is my only crime

Don't make me do hard time... 'Cause love is my only crime

I'm not a criminal

To say I want your all

Just tell me what you want

Don't play so nonchalant

Instrumental

Don't make me do hard time... Love is my only crime

Don't make me do hard time... 'Cause love is my only crime

#1 Most Wanted

I Love This Land

Don't You Bother Tryin' Changin' Me

Break Into My Heart

I'm Gonna Do Jay Leno Tonight!

Get Along!

Heart Full of Ashes

Dear Diana

I'm So Broke (That I Can Hardly Pay Attention)

My Only Vice Is You

- Verse 1 -

God preserve our noble nation

Victory on her bestow

Liberty be her foundation

Tyranny her mortal foe

Bless America and her people

Shield our hearts from fearsome woe

God preserve our noble nation

Now and forever as in days long ago

God preserve our noble nation

Now and forever as in days long ago

- Verse 2 -

God preserve our noble nation

For her children yet unborn

Always make her fate be certain

As the dawning rays of morn

Bless America and her people

True allegiance we have sworn

God preserve our noble nation

Now and forever may this world she adorn

God preserve our noble nation

Now and forever may this world she adorn

- Verse 3 -

God preserve our noble nation

Grant her might that right be done

Brightly light her lamp of freedom

Constant as the midnight sun

Bless America and her people

Out of many we are one

God preserve our noble nation

Now and forever as a new day begun

God preserve our noble nation

Now and forever as a new day begun!

Miss Brandi Burkhardt - Vocalist

O Maryland… our Maryland

We praise the wonders of you

Among the states that grace our land

No other stands above you

Your loyal people bold and free

Extol your noble history

Our Maryland will always be

A state of greater destiny

Though life may call us far away

Within our hearts you’ll surely stay

Until the end our love we send

To Maryland… our Maryland

Our Maryland will always be

A state of greater destiny

Until the end our love we send

To Maryland… our Maryland

The good people of Maryland have determined that the lyrics of their official state song,

"Maryland, My Maryland" (1861), don't reflect their current-day values of equality and inclusiveness.

Accordingly, legislation has been proposed to replace the offensive words in that song.

I've submitted these replacement lyrics for consideration by Maryland's legislators.

(Note: I've retained the traditional melody which was written by Melchior Franck in 1615.)

"The song is beautiful and would be an ideal replacement for our state song."

It is especially heartwarming to hear my dear friend sing your song."

The Honorable Nicholaus Kipke, Maryland House of Delegates

"This is great! Thanks for sharing!"

"It's well past time we change the song to something that better represents

the values of today’s Marylanders, and your lyrics set a good example."

The Honorable Julie Palakovich Carr, Maryland House of Delegates

"You’ve done a terrific job on the lyrics."

The Honorable Terri L. Hill, M.D., Maryland House of Delegates

Nobody Knows My Name

from the motion picture "Selfie Dad" (2020)

Corinne DeVries

(Lyrics: Damon Leigh / Music: Dave Siebels)

Hard Time

from the album: "The Quarantine Project"... exclusively benefitting the "Nurses House" charity
( Download MP3 at Amazon: https://amzn.to/3sEpzIR )

Dave Siebels & Friends

Lead Vocal by Vangie Gunn

(Lyrics: Damon Leigh / Music: Dave Siebels)

Nashville

Is The Place That Holds My Heart

Corinne DeVries

(Lyrics: Damon Leigh / Music: Damon Leigh & Dave Siebels)

Buy American!

Frank Morris & The Anglin Brothers

(Music & Lyrics: Damon Leigh)

My Stupid Tattoo

Tony Galla

(Video & Lyrics: Damon Leigh / Music: Dave Siebels)

My Stupid Tattoo

performed by legendary entertainment industry icon

Mr. Pat Boone

My Stupid Tattoo

Say what do I do with this stupid tattoo of a heart on my glute that says “Suzy”

It’s as blue as the mold on a cheese that’s too old... What a dipstick won’t do for a floozie

I thought she was cool funky hip and old school... We got drunk as a skunk in a blizzard

So I inked-up my pink without stopping to think... Now I look like a lamp-shaded lizard

Dumb fads… they come and they go like the wind and the rain with the weather

I shoulda slipped the ditzy thing a mood ring... Her name’s gonna stain me forever

The tart made me smart when she said we must part... Seems the dude who tattooed me replaced me

That peckerhead jerk did his homewrecking work... While he smiled he defiled and defaced me

Hey… life ain’t all bad… I refuse to be sad... Got a new doll who’s really a doozie

Though her handle’s “Holly” so she’s never jolly when she views my tattoo that says “Suzy”

Dumb fads… they come and they go like the wind and the rain with the weather

I shoulda slipped the ditzy thing a mood ring... Her name’s gonna stain me forever

INSTRUMENTAL

I’ve peed away cash on ludicrous trash

Like Pet Rocks and other cheap rubble

Much worse than all that this hideous tatt

Ain’t done nothing but buy me deep trouble

Dumb fads… they come and they go like the wind and the rain with the weather

I shoulda slipped the ditzy thing a mood ring... Her name’s gonna stain me forever

Dumb fads… they come and they go like the wind and the rain with the weather

I shoulda slipped the ditzy thing a mood ring... Her name’s gonna stain me forever

The Soul of JFK

Corinne DeVries

(Video & Lyrics: Damon Leigh / Music: Dave Siebels)

For Our Heroes

Tony Galla

(Video & Lyrics: Damon Leigh / Music: Dave Siebels)

Welcome to Planet Nikton!

We're Ortyn & The Aliens

Pluto's Still a Planet!

Son Ortyn y Los Aliens

If Somewhere Someone's Out There

Ortyn & The Aliens TV Theme

The Cosmos & Carl Sagan

Our Yankee Doodle Presidents

The Joy of Christmas Day

We Wish You Happy Birthday!

The Spelling Bee Song

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
(The Spelling Bee Song)

Stardusk on the Trail

This song is lovingly dedicated to Mr. Herb Jeffries (1913-2014). As "The Bronze Buckaroo", He (on his faithful horse, "Stardusk")
blazed an historic trail across the pages of cinematic history by starring in America's first "All Colored Cast" singing cowboy movies.
Mr. Jeffries broke the "color barrier" in Hollywood in 1937 - ten years before the immortal Jackie Robinson did the same in baseball.

American Anthem
(God Preserve Our Noble Nation)
(Vocal by Brandi Burkhardt)

American Anthem
(God Preserve Our Noble Nation)
(Vocal by Tony Galla)

Skinny Blondes in Blue Jeans

Yanked Down Under

Earthquake!

Good Enough for Jesus

500 Miles to Glory

Carry On for Me

Together... As One

Insieme Come Uno

Save the Boy Scouts

Sweet Dream

Is There Any Day Better Than Christmas?

The Joy of Christmas Day

I Never Met a Stranger at Christmastime

It Wouldn't Feel Like Christmas Without You

Buy American!

Let Me Love You with a Song

This was Damon Leigh's first recorded lyric. The demo was produced in November 1976.
Composer Bob Alcivar was both producer and keyboard player and Geri Robak performed the vocal.
(Special thanks to Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys for lending us his session players.)

Maryland... Our Maryland

If Every Day Were Christmas...

Hard Time

My Stupid Tattoo

For Our Heroes

God is the Glory!

Nashville

The Soul of JFK

Bardstown

Just as Long as I Believe

Mientras Yo Pueda Creer

Warrior Princess

His Light Is Shining On

Afghanistan

Film at Eleven

Burger City

Souvenirs

Larger Than Life

Hot Lady

As Hot in the Dark

My Way on My Own

Yesterday's Not Happening Anymore

Till It's Yesterday Once More

Don't Stop Me Now

I Remember Well

Just Like A Child

Love Is The Thing

Let Your Love Begin Today

Put Your Arms Around Me

Songs written with

Larry Ramos

(1942-2014)

Caruso

"Caruso" by Lucio Dalla

No One But You

"Vivo Per Lei" by Valerio Zelli, Mauro Mengalli & Gatto Panceri

Puccini's Lullaby

"O Mio Babbino Caro" by Giacomo Puccini & Giovacchino Forzano

Shed Not Your Tears For Me

"Una Furtiva Lagrima" by Gaetano Donizetti & Felice Romani

Sweet Dream

“Nocturne in E-flat Major” by Frédéric François Chopin

Stay

"Voglio Restare Così" by Andrea Bocelli

You Are My Life

"Nasceremo" by Marco Rinalduzzi, Massimo Calabrese & Giorgia Todrani

Time Must Fly

"Alba" by Marco Rinalduzzi, Massimo Calabrese & Giorgia Todrani

Take Me Away

"Silenzioso Amore" by Giorgia Todrani & Massimo Zuccaroli

Be Mine

"E Poi" by Giorgia Todrani, Massimo Calabrese & Marco Rinalduzzi

Love's Not Forever

"Senza Segreti" by Giorgia Todrani, Massimo Calabrese & Marco Rinalduzzi

I'll Go On Loving You

"Strano il Mio Destino" by Giorgia Todrani & Maurizio Fabrizio

Someday

"Vorrei" by Giorgia Todrani, Massimo Calabrese & Marco Rinalduzzi

Dancing to Love's Music

"Un Amore da Favola" by Giorgia Todrani & Fabio Massimo Colasanti

In My Fantasy

"Nella Fantasia" by Ennio Morricone & Chiara Ferrau

Mister Macho

"Uomo Nero" by G. Todrani, M. Calabrese, M. Rinalduzzi & F. Sinigaglia

The Mojo Café

Main Title Theme Song

Down in Flames

Also from The Mojo Café (2004)

Selfie Dad

Nobody Knows My Name

Written for the Motion Picture: "Selfie Dad"

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Here's what 'Mr. Charles H.' of Philadelphia, a listener to WYYR.com's "Big Band Broadcast" had to say:

"Priscilla was very taken by Damon Leigh's voice, as am I! I would kill for a voice like that!

I would gladly trade my 'Philadelphia Twang' for that urbane, sophisticated sound of Damon Leigh!"

Uncle Damon & Ysabella Alley (Little Yzzy)

The Merriest Little Christmas Tree

Lindsey the Firegirl

Brewster the Rooster

The Cupcake Queen

Our Little Friend Toby

Kids' Letters to Uncle Damon

The Joy of Christmas Day

Performed by The La Crescenta Elementary School Bulldogs Chorus - December 18, 2001

We'll make you a sausage you can't refuse!

Damon Leigh as "Chef Damiano Leone" on QVC TV

Chef Damiano's Papa Cantella Jingles

La Sausage è Mobile
Ò Sausage Mio
Sausage Lucia
Pizza Mezzo Mare
Sausage Funiculà
Ò Solo Mio
El Chorizo Lindo
Sausage Sorrento