LYRIC FOR SALE

By Laurie Mahoney

(1st Verse)
Tinsel’s goin’ up
Snow is fallin’ down
Looks a lot like Christmas
All over this town

I got the kids some presents
All scattered round the tree
And every time that they see ‘em
Ya know it lifts their energy

There’s a buzz that people get
Each year here in December
But for me it’s just a curse
Cos I’m forced to remember

(Chorus)
Round this time every year
I start feelin’ blue
Put on some good cheer
Cos what else can ya do?
But it’s painfully clear
And it’s sad but it’s true
How everything’s here
Just not you

(2nd Verse)
Ya know the kids are growin’ up
As kids always do
They wear a brave face
But I know they miss you

I got Paul his guitar
And Janey a new bike
And I found that big turkey
Ya know the kind that ya like

Ya folks are comin’ over
Finally get to meet Dan
I know he’s not you
But he’s a good man

It was not in my plans
To meet someone new
But you’re never comin’ back
And I’m left to live through

(Chorus)
Round this time every year
I start feelin’ blue
Put on some good cheer
Cos what else can ya do?
But it’s painfully clear
And it’s sad but it’s true
How everything’s here
Just not you

(Bridge)
Why’d they have to send ya off, fight that stupid war?
Can’t find no noble thing, worth you dyin’ for
There was no holocaust, no one landed on our shore
And the place that they sent ya, it’s just gone back like before
Used to think that they cared, but I don’t know anymore
All I know is how it felt
When they knocked on my door
Pulled their hats down to their hearts
And I fell to the floor

(Chorus)
Round this time every year
I start feelin’ blue
Put on some good cheer
Cos what else can ya do?
But it’s painfully clear
And it’s sad but it’s true
How everything’s here
Just not you
Everything’s here
Just not you
Everything’s here
Just not you