Smoke Ring Days

Lyrics

New Years Song (In This New Year)

There’s cold in the air ‘neath a silvery moon
And the calendar says it will be New Year’s soon
Well, maybe tonight there’ll be white snow on ground
But nothing is right here without you around

Chorus:
How can we make things right
Lay our arms down in this fight
Find a way to find the way to what we share
Raise the rock and there below
Words so simple all should know
‘Peace on Earth’ my friend-not-foe
In this New Year

Two years since they came and you left for the war
Each day I awake still I’m cut to the core
We breathe through the bombfall and keep up the fight
No words midst the violence this unsilent night

Chorus:
How can we make things right
Lay our arms down in this fight
Find a way to find the way to what we share
Raise the rock and there below
Words so simple all should know
‘Peace on Earth’ my friend-not-foe
In this New Year

Oh, love of my life, will I ever gaze more
On your face so familiar, now lost in this war
Will our children’s children live on to relate
All the cost of man’s greed, all the loss borne of hate

Chorus: (once and repeat)
How can we make things right
Lay our arms down in this fight
Find a way to find the way to what we share
Raise the rock and there below
Words so simple all should know
‘Peace on Earth’ my friend-not-foe
In this New Year
‘Peace on Earth’ my friend-not-foe
In this New Year

©️ 2023 Richard Eppedio and C.R. Keyser-Posner/Smokesongs Ltd

Smoke Ring Days returns to the scene with ‘New Year’s Song
(In This New Year),’ a harmony-laden seasonal single which will
resonate now and echo on in the year to come. With a message
of heartbreak, hope and healing, the track is an instant holiday
classic, one which, though new to our ears, feels like it’s always
been in our hearts.

Written in a distinctive 3/4 time signature, the song is
simultaneously traditional and pop, its Celtic-inspired melody
enhanced by orchestral sounds of the season, including
sleighbells, glockenspiel, and the little drummer boy-esque
march of a rolling snare. With a shanty of a sing-along chorus
inviting listeners to join in embracing the simple-yet-profound
message of unity and peace, ‘New Year’s Song’ is one of optimism
and inspiration, now and as we turn the page together and work
toward better days ahead for all.

Anthemic, universal and emotionally evocative, ‘New Year’s Song
(In This New Year)’ is a hopeful and heartfelt wish for a world in
which we may one day all be ‘friend-not-foe.’ Here’s to the magic
of the season…..