WE WISH WE GOT BETTER PRESENTS
We wish we got better presents
We wish we got better presents
We wish we got better presents
We won’t come next year
Good presents we bring
Bad ones we receive
We wish we got better presents
The end of it you won’t hear
So bring us some better presents
Bring us some better presents
Bring us some better presents
Do I make myself clear
Good presents we bring
Bad ones we receive
We wish we got better presents
The end of it you wont hear
So bring us some better presents
Bring us some better presents
Bring us some better presents
Or we won’t come next year
VIOLENT NIGHT
Violent night, thanksgiving night
All is not calm when grownups fight
Gather your purchase like a hungry child
Cheap electronics so shiny and wild
Beep goes the machiiiiine, would you like a gift receipt
Violent night, thanksgiving night
All is calm in the grocery aisles
Radiant beams from the toy display
With the sign that says “a one day sale”
Beep goes the machine, would you like a gift receipt
Violent night, thanksgiving night
Crowds at the mall, give such a fright
Prices so low you can’t do the limbo
Shoppers pressed up, like zombies, to the windows
Beep goes the machine, would you like a gift receipt
Violent night, slash the price
Low prices mean low quality
Cheap plastic crap wrapped up in fake jewels
Sold by the rich, purchased by fools
Beep goes the machine, would you like a gift receipt
Violent night, stayed up all night
To beat the crowds, Sam Walton would be proud
Don’t have a clue, shopping list be damned
I will buy anything placed in my hands
Beep goes the machine, would you like a gift receipt
Black Friday night, are you alright?
Buyer’s remorse, why of course!
When you try to replace people and love
With cheap electronics, it’s never enough
Don’t follow the sheep, don’t fall for the prices so cheap
TIS THE SEASON TO SPEND MONEY
Tis the season to spend money, fa la la la la la la la la
To the stores like bees to honey, fa la la la la la la la la
As they fight for that last toy, fa la la la la la la la la
That they think will bring them joy, fa la la la la la la la la
Wrap it up with bows of silver, fa la la la la la la la la
And pray that Old St. Nick delivers, fa la la la la la la la la
Their Christmas list 1000 pages, fa la la la la la la la la
As the corporate pawns work for slave wages, fa la la la la la la la la
When their stash, it hits the ceiling, fa la la la la la la la la
They start to feel that sinking feeling, fa la la la la la la la la
They fill their carts with all that stuff, fa la la la la la la la la
But in their hearts it’s not enough, fa la la la la la la la la
Oh tis the season to spend money, fa la la la la la la la la
I think it’s sad and rather funny, fa la la la la la la la la
That just because we can buy stuff, fa la la la la la la la la
We think we can put a price on love, fa la la la la la la la la
So stop your ceaseless, greedy shopping, fa la la la la la la la la
Ignore all those prices dropping, fa la la la la la la la la
Turn away from those Black Friday deals, fa la la la la la la la la
And remember millions go without meals, fa la la la la la la la la
So tonight try to be with friends and family, fa la la la la la la la la
Remember peace and being happy, fa la la la la la la la la
Is about giving thanks for living, fa la la la la la la la la
Cuz that’s the spirit of thanksgiving, fa la la la la la la la la
IT’S BEGINNING TO COST A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS
It’s beginning to cost a lot like Christmas
The registers will ring
Take a look at all the sales
That make the children wail
And make the big box CEOs sing
It’s beginning to cost a lot like Christmas
Toys in every store
It’s a terrible sight to see
The length of your receipt
Rolling to the floor
A flatscreen TV and video games
Is the hope of every kid
New electronics that empty your wallet
Is what the grownups wish
It’s beginning to cost a lot like Christmas
Listen to their groans
I’ll surely impress my friends
With all the gifts I send
After I take out a loan
It’s beginning to cost a lot like Christmas
Like a noxious weed
How a time of love and peace
Get too quickly replaced
By consumption and greed
What will I send to my long lost friend’s
great grandfather’s uncle’s kid?
A new kitchen gadget, hope they don’t have it
Such a heartfelt gift
And next year I’ll have to do all of this again
It’s beginning to cost a lot like Christmas
It begins early fall
The sales will be massive
As the pious paying masses
Congregate, salivate at the mall
It’s beginning to cost a lot like Christmas
The retail slaves will cry
Dressed in tinsel and in bells
It can be a living hell
Appeasing corporate appetites
When will this end, this horrible trend
That we call Black Friday
Black Friday is bad, but now it’s just sad
Now it starts Thanksgiving Day
As the shoppers sacrifice what they have for what they pay
MERRY GIFTMAS TO YOU
Walmart’s boasting in an advert flyer
While they’re counting up their dough
Special deals being bought by the buyers
The shoppers stressed from head to toe
Everybody knows a gadget or a new smart phone
Are on sale on thanksgiving night
Retail shoppers, as their carts overflow
Will find it hard to sleep tonight
They know that sales are on their way
They’ve got cheap TVs on layaway
And every mother’s child is going wild
For the newest toy in the aisle
And so they’re offering a one-day sale
Only on thanksgiving night
The money’s been spent
Many times, many ways
Merry Giftmas to You
They know that sales are on their way
They’ve got cheap TVs on layaway
And every mother’s child is going wild
For the newest toy in the aisle
And so they’re offering a one-day sale
Only on thanksgiving night
No time to be spent
With your family and friends
Gotta get stuff and soon
Gotta get stuff and soon
Merry Giftmas to You
HAPPY ALL THE HOLIDAYS
Happy all the holidays
Happy all the holidays
Happy all the holidays to you
Whether you’re a Christian
Muslim or Pagan,
Buddhist, Bahai, or Jew
Happy happy Hannukah
Mawlid al-Nabi Mubarak
Happy Bodhi Day to you
Happy Merry Christmas
Blessed Winter Solstice
Happy Pancha Ganapati to you
Happy all the holidays
Happy all the holidays
Happy all the holidays to you
Whether you’re an Animist
Zoroastrian or Atheist
Taoist, Jain, Sikh, Sufi, or Hindu
Have a happy Kwanzaa
Zarthost No Diso
Ascension of Abdul Baha
Happy Festivus
To all the rest of us
Who might be none of the above
Happy all the holidays
Happy all the holidays
Happy all the holidays to you
Maybe none of the above
We’ll still share with you our love
Happy whatever to you
So many holidays
And so many other ways
To believe, to live, to sing
What you believe doesn’t matter as much
Just come and celebrate with us
The love, light, and peace
Happy all the holidays
Happy all the holidays
Happy all the holidays to you
Whether you’re a Christian
Muslim or Pagan,
Buddhist, Bahai, or Jew
Whether you’re an Animist
Zoroastrian or Atheist
Taoist, Jain, Sikh, Sufi, or Hindu
Maybe none of the above
We’ll still share with you our love
Happy All the Holidays to you
THE SLUMBERLANDS
sleep comes easy when
the sky does dark so soon
One minute you’ve just woken up
The next it’s dark by noon
sleep comes easy when
The sky goes gray
And the green gives way to brown
Gives way to white
No light here
(chorus)
In the slumberlands
Oh in the slumberlands
See his face, the cold embrace
Old man winter comes again
In the slumberlands
The Slumberlands
The deep comes creeping in
The cold it numbs your toes
Just clutch that hot cup of tea
As the steam it warms your nose
There’s not much else to do
When it’s minus twenty two outside
Just stoke the flames and play your games
Until Summer comes again
Chorus
I’LL BE BROKE FOR CHRISTMAS
I’ll Be Broke for Christmas
I won’t have a dime
I don’t know when I’ll be home
I have to work overtime
The Christmas Tree overflowing
With the gifts I bought
Spoils of war from the store
For which I desperately fought
I’ll be sore for Christmas
Hopeless and beat down
I can’t afford anymore
Sorry to let you down
We all know for Christmas
That expensive gifts display
All our love and how we feel
For a price that we must pay
Retail slaves won’t find it
hard to hate these days
They’ll push themselves to stock those shelves
And not even make a living wage
Black Friday will rob them
Of a special day with family and friends
No time off, they’ll punch those clocks
To satiate the consumeristic trends
I’ll be broke for Christmas
Gotta buy a fancy gift for everyone
Wrack my brain, bank account will drain
Til the holidays are no fun
I’ll be broke for Christmas
Just look under the tree
I’ll be broke for Christmas
Just look at the receipts
MAKE ME A LOT OF MONEY
Make me a lot of money, the CEOs all say
When they open their doors on Black Friday
You’re going to have to work on Thanksgiving Day
And earn an outdated minimum wage
The shoppers charging all of their credit cards
As we unload the shelves into their shopping carts
Make me a lot of money the CEOs all say
We’re now open on Thanksgiving Day
Make me a lot of money, the CEOs all say
As they open their doors on Black Friday
Forget your family, friends, and the plans you made
As you come to get what you pay
Cheap TVs and new toys, not family time
Who needs a home cooked meal when you can wait in line
SEARCHING FOR THE WARMTH
The thing about Winters I cannot stand
They last forever
It seems the cold can breech my soul
A fast icy river
Chorus
Oh I need you Spring
To dance in your warm rain showers
Oh I cannot wait
To see your beautiful flowers
The beauty of winter is one of death
rebirth is coming
Air so cold I can see my breath
A new day dawning
The wind complains and haunts me now
A demon thirsting
It makes the world so unbearable
My soul searching for the warmth
Chorus
Why must we suffer the gray, gray cold
Hibernation
We all yearn for the summer gold
Liberation of the warmth
Crocuses peek through the gentle sheet
The snow is slowly melting
Winter relents to the sun’s heat
The sunshine is helping this feeling
Barefoot Bran 