We're Still Here

Glowing lights bring out the forest green Of our favorite family Christmas tree Ornaments hang heavy, high and low And spell out who we were as kids so long ago Its all a blur Like Christmas Eve Those times once sure, now seem make-believe I once was a girl who loved to read He once was a boy playing in the creek They used to talk once but now they don't speak much There once was a boy who loved to laugh And one who played games whenever you asked Another who still had plenty of time to spare They're all gone but we're still here We're wrapped up in our own shells Singing the song of ourselves Du du du du du Du du du du du Du du du du du Sweet hot chocolate, bitter to the taste Hollow silence while Christmas carols play Scattering far in our anxious haste We can never seem to all be in one place Your eyes are lost behind a screen And I can't stop myself from remembering I once was a girl who loved to read He once was a boy playing in the creek They used to talk once but now they don't speak much There once was a boy who loved to laugh And one who played games whenever you asked Another who still had plenty of time to spare They're all gone but we're still here Tie up your pain with a bow And hope that no-one will know Your presence is the best gift If only I could get a peek of it I once was a girl who loved to read He once was a boy playing in the creek They used to talk once but now they don't speak much There once was a boy who loved to laugh And one who played games whenever you asked Another who still had plenty of time to spare They're all gone but we're still here