12/20/2006
“My Gift is You” Jesmax Music, BMI
Jesmax Music, BMI, is pleased to have placed a Gary Powell song, “My Gift is You”, on the album “Disney’s Merry Little Christmas” on Walt Disney Records.
The song is performed by singers Craig Hella Johnson, director of vocal ensemble Conspirare in Austin, and Leslie Whiteley, a Killeen, Texas school music teacher.
Album Producers: Gary Powell, Ted Kryczko, Ed Mitchell
Song Producer: Gary Powell
Piano: Gary Powell
Guitars: Larry SeyerThe Austin String Quartet
Violin 1: Richard Kilmer
Violin 2: Elise Winters
Viola: Bruce Williams
Cello: Douglas Harvey
This CD can be purchased exclusively at Target stores across the country.
My Gift is You
Words and Music by Gary Powell
Woman-Verse 1
I love a gift wrapped in red, a gift under the tree
When the lights blink only for you and for me
But what I like most and what most rings true
Is the way I feel knowing that my gift is you.
Man
We sip the hot chocolate and we sing “Noel”
Whether first or the second Noel, we won’t tell
I know that I’m tardy and long overdue
In telling my true love that my gift is you
Both-Chorus 1
All that we hold in each other’s heart
Is the hope that each Christmas we won’t be apart
So, our stockings are hung and from my point of view
We’re here with each other, and my gift is you
Man-Verse 2
We hold in our hands what we love the most
Woman
We hold in our hearts where others just boast
Both
But what I like most and what most rings true
Is the way I feel knowing that my gift is you.
Both-Chorus 2
All that we hold in each other’s heart
Is the hope that each Christmas we won’t be apart
So, our stockings are hung and from my point of view
We’re here with each other, and my gift is you
Woman-Verse 3
I love a gift wrapped by you, a gift under the tree
When the snow falls lightly for you and for me
But what I like most and what most rings true
Is the way I feel knowing that my gift is you.
Man
We sip apple cider, we sing “Deck the Halls”
We’ve trimmed the tree now and even some of the walls
But you know I am here now and though overdue
I will tell you my true love that my gift is ….
Both-Chorus 3
All that we hold in each other’s heart
is the hope that each Christmas we won’t be apart
But what I like most and what most rings true
Is the way I feel knowing ….
Tag
This is the way…
The way I feel knowing that my gift
My gift, my gift is you
(Copyright Jesmax Music, BMI 2006)
Filed by Gary Powell at 2:30 pm under Jesmax Music, BMI
This song is absolutely the finest Christmas song I have heard in a long time. The singers are perfect for it. How do I get a copy of the music?