Christmas Morning (Album Version)-Loudon Wainwright III

Christmas Morning - Loudon Wainwright III Well the banks & the schools & the post office are closed You can park where you please and you won't get towed The streets are empty & the stores are finally closed It's Christmas morning He got a tie & she got a book They weren't supposed to peek but they took a little look Tell me how long will it take for the dinner to cook It's Christmas morning There are so many presents underneath the tree A few are for you but the rest are all for me And we gotta tip the super and the doormen Can't you see, It's Christmas morning Christmas morning finally has come It has meaning for each & everyone Christmas morning I cannot believe Just last night was Christmas Eve In the Rockerfeller Center the big tree is shining bright Skaters skate beneath it in the winter light Like a picture on a Christmas card everything looks right On Christmas morning And the homeless who have nothing will ask on Christmas day, for us to give them something God we wish they'd go away Though there is no place for them to go They have no place to stay on Christmas morning Lying in a hospital dying in a bed with aids "He deserved it", I have heard it said Deck the halls iwth boughs of something Soon he will be dead on Christmas morning Christmas morning finally has come It has meaning for each & everyone Christmas morning I'm afraid to say Life goes on, on Christmas morning And the Prince of peace was born on a Christmas Day In the little town of Bethlehem not so far away From where a multitude has gathered in a warlike way On Christmas morning So we watch the buildup here we go again There is sand, there are camels But where are the wise men Are they in Baghdad Are they in Washington It's Christmas morning There are those who go to church they kneel down to pray For loved ones who have left to serve so far away & for a Middle Eastern baby born on that very day It's Christmas morning Christmas morning finally has come It has meaning for each & everyone Christmas morning I'm afraid to think This time we are headed to the brink A week from today we begin a brand new year Let us all be hopeful, men & women of good cheer And resolve to fight against stupidity and fear It's Christmas morning And as awful as the world can be we are still alive And if we're very careful we might well survive There are cures & solutions & there is compromise Christmas morning Christmas is for children I have heard it said That's why King Herod hated the babe in the manger bed They all came to worship & adore the child instead