Mama, I Know You Ain't Santa - TRACY NEWMAN
'Mama, I Know You Aint Santa' Also on YouTube at:https://youtu.be/VtJEjINgh4A My friend, Lynne Stewart, came to me some years ago with most of these lyrics already written.
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Story behind the song
TRACY NEWMAN INFO
From 1989 to 2004 Tracy Newman was a television writer and producer. She wrote with a partner – Jonathan Stark. Their first writing job was on the 10th season of "Cheers." After that they were on staff at "Bob" (starring Bob Newhart,) "The Nanny," "Hiller and Diller" (Richard Lewis and Kevin Nealon,) "Ellen" (Ellen Degeneres,) and "The Drew Carey Show." In 1997, they won the Emmy and the prestigious Peabody Award for co-writing the ground-breaking “coming out” episode of Ellen. In 2001, they created the ABC comedy, "According to Jim," starring Jim Belushi, which is now entering its 7th season of production.
Tracy left the Belushi show at the end of the 3rd season to return to songwriting and performing, which is what she had been doing before her TV career. She says, “I found it easier to make a living in television. In my years as a song writer I had only one significant placement: In 1985, Mel Tillis and Nancy Sinatra did an album together. The single from it was a song I wrote called I Would Fly. I bet to this date I’ve made a whopping $500 on that recording.”
This CD, Tracy’s first -- “A Place in Sun,” features Tracy and singers Gene Lippmann and Lorie Doswell, (www.loriedoswell.com) otherwise called “The Reinforcements.” Gene also plays guitar on the CD. The three of them met in Harriet Schock’s (www.harrietschock.com) songwriting class. Tracy was singing alone in coffee houses and clubs around town, and Lorie and Gene would show up and sit in front and harmonize with her. Soon Tracy invited them to join her on stage, and they’ve worked together ever since.
Tracy talks about some of the songs:
"Mama, I Know You Ain’t Santa" – My friend, Lynne Stewart, came to me some years ago with most of these lyrics already written. (A little trivia about Lynne: She is “Miss Yvonne” – the most beautiful woman in Puppetland, from the amazing TV show, “Pee Wee’s Playhouse.”) In 2005, this song won 2nd place in the holiday category of the Unisong Contest. We actually won $500!
"Laraine" – I wrote this about my sister, Laraine Newman from the original SNL “Not-Ready-For-Prime-Time” Players which also included John Belushi, Danny Ackroyd, Gilda Radner, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin and Garret Morris. If you’re one of Laraine’s many fans, and enjoy a bit of inside trivia, you’ll probably love this song.
"A Place in the Sun" – Written after a trip to Palm Springs. My boyfriend and I stayed at a bungalow-type resort located on a quiet little street called San Lorenzo. (www.aplaceinthesunhotel.com) This little jewel was named A Place in the Sun after the classic 1951 film starring Liz Taylor and Montgomery Clift. It was built to house the crew while they were shooting some of the scenes. As the song says, you can take your dogs there – each bungalow has a private little backyard.
"My Kisses are Your Kisses" – My boyfriend and I wrote this after a fight. He actually said some of these things to me, my favorite quote being, “Don’t flatter yourself...” I love singing this song.
"Waffle Boy" – The first thing I did after I left the Belushi show was go to Nashville and hang out for a while. One Sunday morning I went to a Waffle House next door to my hotel, and pretty much saw much of this story play out in front of me. In 2006, this song was one of the top five winners in the novelty/holiday category of the Great American Song Contest.
Some words about Tracy by others:
Her melodies have an inevitable, yet not predictable quality which makes them pleasing on first hearing and better each time and then you can’t get them out of your head. Her lyrics reflect a wry, unique and unusually refreshing viewpoint, a sense of irony that is present in great writing. And, of course, she’s very smart, droll and likeable on stage, which helps. I know that’s not a songwriting comment, but think back over all the perform
Lyrics
MAMA, I KNOW YOU AIN’T SANTA
MAMA, I KNOW YOU AIN’T SANTA
SANTA DON’T HAVE A FIGURE LIKE YOU
AND HIS EYES AREN’T RED FROM CRYIN’
AND HE DON’T STAND JUST UNDER FIVE-TWO.
MAMA, THAT PILLOW IS SLIPPIN’
AND YOUR PRETTY BLOND HAIR’S SHOWING THROUGH
AND AIN’T THAT THE NECKLACE I MADE YOU?
AND I BET SANTA DON’T HAVE THE FLU.
THERE’S A CLEAR CHRISTMAS SKY IN ATLANTA
MILLIONS OF STARS BRIGHT AS CAN BE
MAMA, I KNOW YOU AIN’T SANTA
I’VE SEEN HIM UP CLOSE, I’VE SAT ON HIS KNEE.
BUT BILLY DON’T KNOW YOU AIN’T SANTA
HOW COULD HE, HE’S ONLY TWO
BILLY DON’T REMEMBER DADDY
BUT, MAMA, YOU AND I DO.
THANKS FOR THE SKIRT YOU MADE OVER
AND THANKS FOR DYING IT RED
AND BILLY SURE LOVES THAT PUPPY
WE’LL NEVER GET HIM TO BED.
THERE’S A CLEAR CHRISTMAS SKY IN ATLANTA
MILLIONS OF STARS TWINKLING BRIGHT
MAMA, I KNOW YOU AIN’T SANTA
BUT I PROMISE I’LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS NIGHT.
NOW, LET ME PLAY SANTA FOR BILLY
YOU GO UPSTAIRS AND TAKE A REST
‘CAUSE YOU MAKE ONE LOUSY SANTA
BUT AS A MAMA FOR BILLY AND ME -- YOU ARE THE BEST.
