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Please Don't Kill Yourself (This Christmas)

from Please Don't Kill Yourself (This Christmas) by Private Instigators

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This song is dedicated to Matt Ryd, Dan Holman, David Kim, and anyone else who has been affected by mental illness or suicide.

A percentage of the sale of this single will go to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

To learn more, please visit their website, www.afsp.org

lyrics

Every year around Christmas time, suicide rates spike
There’s so much pressure trying to find a gift everyone's gonna like
Then you go home feeling all alone
And your family’s so mean
Your homophobic folks making racist jokes
Treating you like you were still thirteen

So forget about Santa, forget about Rudolph, forget about Buddy the elf
If you want my advice, make a list and check it twice
That says
Please don't kill yourself this Christmas
(Stay alive Christmas time)

Every year around Christmas time, you feel so gray and numb
Don’t even try to go near the mistletoe, nobody's gonna come
Your ugly sweater won’t make it better
Or fill you with Christmas glee
You’re strapped for cash and feeling trashed
And your friends don’t seem to see

So lay off the eggnog, forget the fruitcake, put the elf back on the shelf
If you wanna stay inside, well, skip the sleigh ride
But please don't kill yourself this Christmas
(Stay alive Christmas time)

Some folks say suicide rates stay
The same as any day of the year
It’s hard to know, when you look at the snow
Through the window or your frozen tears
It don’t matter if science says it ain’t true
What matters how it feels to you
When you look at a wreath or your two front teeth
It may be a myth but I'm telling you thith
Pleathe don't kill yourthelf, thith Crithtmath!
(Thtay alive Chrithtmath time)

So forget about Santa, forget about Rudolph, forget about every elf
Be careful on the ice, be naughty or nice
But please don't kill yourself this Christmas
(Stay alive Christmas time)
Please don’t kill yourself
Please don’t kill yourself
Ho ho ho
Don’t kill yourself this Christmas

credits

from Please Don't Kill Yourself (This Christmas), track released November 27, 2015
Keith Burman: Lead vocals, piano, and baritone guitar
Dominick Dolio: Six and twelve string guitars
Jeff Gonzales: Drums, sleigh bells

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Anna Hochhalter: Tenor and baritone saxophones
Michael Pitts, Jr.: Trumpet
Mike Fye: Five string bass
Paul Wiemerslage: Theremin
Rebekah Dolio, Rani Person, and Jennifer Williams: Backing vocals

Recorded at Stately Studio Manor
Recorded by Phil Pobanz and Jeff Gonzales

Mixed at Twiss Audio
Mixed and mastered by Andrew Twiss

Produced by Keith Burman

Photos by Sergio Garcia

Design by Alexandra Pikeas

Special thanks to Anne & Leigh Dierbeck, Jeff Brown, Smilin' Joe Mason, Si Marks, DAve Crespo at WEMF, Mike Maerz, Dr. Sheila Rochefort-Hoehn, Lisa Lange, Andrew Rostan, Leah Jones, Rachel Cromidas, Dr. Laura Lambert, Liz Gonzalez, Scott Petersen, and Jame Corrar

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They barged into the room like they owned the place. They were fast, loud, and rude, with something vaguely seedy about them.

They were the Private Instigators, and they were here to start something.

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