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Originally recorded on CHRISTMAS: THE STORY OF STORIES

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VACANCY
Carolyn Arends

Seems like my Christmas cheer
Is hard to find this year
I think it vanished in the fall
Strange how a loss or two
Can eat away at you
Until there’s not much left at all
But they say Advent is for waiting
And so I guess that’s what I’ll do …

Chorus:
There is a vacancy
Right here inside of me
It’s been that way for quite a while
But there’s a blessedness
In this great emptiness
If it makes room here for the child

Though my midwinter’s bleak
I am resolved to keep
A candle burning in the dark
And when the night is still
I will not rush to fill
The silence growing in my heart
Cause they say Advent is for longing
So tell me what else can I do?

Chorus
Come …. Lord Jesus, won’t you come?

© Running Arends Music/ASCAP

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from Christmas Carolyn (A Digital Box Set), released November 15, 2021
Produced by Carolyn Arends and Roy Salmond
Recorded at Whitewater Productions, Surrey, BC by Roy Salmond
Mixed at Whitewater by Greg Reely
Mastered at Green Jacket Studios by Greg Reely

THE MUSICIANS
Julian MacDonough: drums
Adam Thomas: acoustic bass
Spencer Capier: mandolin, mondola, guitar, violin, bouzouki, vocals
Carolyn Arends: vocals, acoustic guitars, piano, ukulele
Joel Stobbe: cello
Gayle Salmond: vocals
Roy Salmond: organ, electric guitar, glockenspiel, strum stick, hurdy gurdy, percussion (shakers, gourds, tambourine, bells, maracas), cello arrangements and assorted magic

THE MERRY MEN:
Nelson Boschman, Spencer Capier, Michael Hart, Peter LeGrand, Lance Odegard

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Carolyn Arends Vancouver, British Columbia

"One of the most affecting communicators in any genre." - Billboard Magazine

Carolyn Arends has released 14 albums and is the author of 3 critically-acclaimed books. 15 of Arends’ songs have become top 10 radio singles on the Canadian pop and US Christian charts. Arends has earned 2 Dove Awards, 3 Juno Nominations, and was recognized as the West Coast Music Awards’ Songwriter of the Year. ... more

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