Tick tock tick tock, counting down the seconds to
6 o’ clock when you can open your eyes and see
What you’ve got
Have you seen what you’ve got yet?
Come downstairs, I am in the kitchen
We’ll open presents when I’ve got a minute
You grab a board and knife, get to chopping
I’ll get the potatoes on and start the stuffing
So much work to put one day together
So much time to keep everyone in one room
Ok, I’m done, so stoke up the fire
Pick the first box from beneath the tree
Is it for you brother? No, he’s already got one
This one’s from you, this big one must be for me
So much work to put one day together
So much time to keep everyone in one room
Throw more wrapping paper on the fire
How can you possibly be hungry again?
Oh no, we missed the queen’s speech!
And Top of the Pops is the same every year
But the Doctor’s on in just an hour
We can play more board games till then
Oh no, we forgot the crackers again
With so much going on, hard to remember everything
So much work to put one day together
So much time to keep everyone in one room
When we wake up it will all be over
We’ll be eating leftovers till New Year
Put the fairy lights away
We’ll make do without them till September
When the preparations start all over again
Another year has passed, I think it's getting earlier
The playlists have changed, the radio knows it too
I don't know what I'm getting you, 3 weeks till the day is due
Let's stop and think what it's all about
It's not about the expensive gifts
Or about the booze your drink
It's all about the company you keep
stoke the fire and sing in the snow
It's time to forgive its time to forget
The Christmas spirit belongs in our hearts
Along with our hopes & our dreams
The commercials say you need to buy more this year
I imagine my mum will have a house full of food
We carry on joyously, living excessively,
It's easy to forget what it's all about
The lead singer of punk band Camp Cope ventures into romantic synth-pop territory, tempering slick arrangements with bare sentiment.
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