Christmas 2010 Lyrics

Christmas 2010

It was Christmas 2010 and I remember when

You open your Christmas gift not finding your wish in it

You played with the toy that night

but you were rather quiet

you ate your turkey dinner

as always you were the winner

Then you got ready for bed

Over the shelf I saw your head

Your eyes were red and watery

I said, please, buddy talk to me

You said, you cried for happiness

Smiling like a sad old actress

With your left you wiped your tears away

Is that really the truth to say?

I picked you up and held you tight

Is that so or are you just polite?

No I really cry for happiness

It was just another choked up Christmas

I know your present wasn't that toy

The dream engine of every six-year-old boy

You told me about for seven months

My daily have-none sucker punch

I said, sorry, maybe next year

You were quiet and I full of fear

You might remember one year ago

And today it's wasn't so

With your arms around my neck

I hoped mine mean for you just half of it

So I laid you down to bed

Together our self-made prayer we said

And after our routine thumbs-up

It hit me like a bullet

I almost broke right there that day

And I schlepped myself away