This is my Christmas song for 2012. I wrote this when my son was born. Whatever your spiritual beliefs, becoming a father or mother is in the realm of the holy. The holy hurt of living, I call it. At first, time slows down, minutes become hours and the disruption of sleep really throws you out of balance, permanently I think. It's good to be off balance, you feel more, you're more alive, for better and for worse.The title phrase comes from Luke 24:32. I had mistakenly remembered it as the 3 Kings bearing gifts on their way to Bethlehem to greet the newborn child, but in fact it was the 2 men on the road to Emmaus, unknowingly walking and talking with Jesus after his resurrection. I'll forgive my error in the name of poetic license.Whatever your religious beliefs, or lack thereof, there is poetry in the Bible. So much of the literary realm makes reference to it. Stories told, then written down. Our lives are stories, some written down, some just lived as they pass in their evanescence. The love that entered me upon becoming a father is there forever. I will never be free now, nor do I want to be.Regards this recording, what kind of music is this? So unlike the Jimi Hendrix and R'n'B that I lived for, growing up. Well, the music comes to me and I follow where it leads. Nichelle Monroe sings the beautiful harmonies. Lee Curreri orchestrated my guitar and vocals in his studio in Venice, California. Matt Forger from my"Buddy Holly" album, mixed the song out in the San Fernando Valley.Merry ChristmasDecember 2012-LJMDidn't Our HeartsA child is born to usA son is givenOh, how we adore himIt's a miracle, a mysteryAll our desire, this is where it leadsThere was no denying youThere was no denying meBut didn't our hearts burn within usDidn't our hearts burn within usThere's never time enoughAnd even if there wasAlways I want a little bit moreOne more hour, one more dayIt was a beautiful momentTime stood still for usThen time sped upAnd left us behindBut didn't our hearts burn within usDidn't our hearts burn within usIt was a beautiful momentTime stood still for usThen time sped upAnd left us behindDidn't our hearts burn within usDidn't our hearts burn so within usDidn't our hearts burn within usDidn't our hearts burn within us