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WINTER MYSTERY - I wrote this song in the wonderful long summer of 2012. Man, it was HOT! A song about a personal Christmas memory and now a jolly tradition of teasing the kids.

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Winter Mystery
(Mark David Stallard)

I recall
As a little child
Wishing that the days would fly
And bring me closer to the night
So I would see
And solve that mystery

But I awake
Far too late
Blankets flowing off my bed
My failed mission I'd forget
I could not prove
If he was real at all

I want to believe that it all could be true
Such a wonderful time to believe
The excitement builds up and we're full of suspense
I rather leave it as
A winter mystery

I couldn't wait
Had to celebrate
Running over to the tree
To see what Santa left for me
My father called
His voice stopped us all

We had to wait
'Till he drank his tea
Why did he do that to us?
Waiting was so torturous
Then he smiled
And we opened gifts frantically

The day's arrived
When my children cry
They plead to open all their gifts
I torture them as my father did
I am sure
They enjoy it all the more

And it will be
They will come to see
That which means so much to them
Will mean more to their smallest bairn
And magically
They become the mystery

I want to believe that it's true

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from It's All In The Mind, released July 29, 2018

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It's All In The Mind Winnipeg, Manitoba

Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. An intoxicating cocktail of Rock, Pop, Folk, and Jazz

Mark David Stallard, vocals, guitar.

Ryan Janz, bass man extraordinaire.

"Feels a bit Barenaked Ladies," wrote one reviewer, "yet an updated version." Another wrote, "Very sweet and charming jazzy, easy grooving..." Who could argue with that?
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