The Darkest Night of the Year

The Darkest Night Of The Year CD, An alternative to jingly, syrupy fare, this after dark collection "conjures some of the real mystery of Christmas, snowy open spaces, frozen stars, warm lamp-lit rooms..."

Mary's Waltz

words and music: Detweiler

There was a blind girl with braids and a black dress

Lived next to me I could tell you the address

I saw her climb out her window one midnight

In to the oak tree scared sacred with moonlight

See Mary dance with the light on her shoulders

She has a secret, like a lover discovers her

Guardian angel with limbs white as lambs wool

Expensive perfume on her feet

Blind Mary taught me how eyes can make pictures

I showed her mine and then she showed me all hers

You have to close them she whispered a warning

Be sure to open them before it's morning

See how we dance with the light on our shoulders

We have a secret like lovers discovering

Guardian angels with limbs white as lambs wool

Expensive perfume on our feet

Mary fell ill on a night in December

And how they tried then to cool down her fever

But she lay so still like a child in a manger

While I closed my eyes tight and prayed for a savior

Let Mary dance with the light on her shoulders

Tell her a secret and let her discover her

Guardian angel with limbs white as lambs wool

Expensive perfume on his feet