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When the carriages come to town

Jeweled evergreens will spring from the ground

Ball peen hammers make silver bell sounds

And the king's quarter tents are raised all around

Down at the German fair

Hand-glued heirlooms and twice your fair share

You can sip the yuletide air

And it looks like a painting at the center of the square

A soft-baked glow settles in the asphalt valley

The brass band is rose from the wine and finales

You can laud the season or shout it's a sham

Are the feelings real, or is it the pomp and the glam?

Cathedral bells are ringing

And the tin can cape is spinning

But something's felt off from the very beginning

They're vaudevillian and they're prize-winning

Father blessed cause he had to

Friends showed up cause it's really bad not to

They had a guestbook and toasts cause you got to

And everyone rose and sat when asked to

I can see through people and straight to their hearts

The will and the reach that rules all other parts

These folks were crystals corroded with clouds

I can see a break over my looking glass now

Your romance was suitcase cash

Fairytale dust and storybook ash

Golden handcuffs I locked unabashed

Then it became all clash clash clash

But I'm always belt and braces

And picking up pieces of joy between paces

Look at all that we gave it

And what you spat back - you betrayed me and I hate it

It's all gone now, lock stock and barrel

And I embrace my prospects are getting more narrow

Don't believe everything that you read

In the stars, in our palms, or in the feelings we need