now Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
is detained in Greenland Zoo
this card must go by Royal Mail
do hope it reaches you
I'd send some joyful tidings
gift-wrapped with festive verse
but everyday the news seems bad
& it's getting worse
in the bleak mid-winter
of our discontent
there's little cause for revelry
or merriment
Christmas is coming
the force-fed goose gets fat
(geese & vegetarians
object to that)
even ol' Santa
ain't the same anymore
when you've seen thru his disguise
at the department store
the ghost of Christmas-Yet-to-Come
looks ugly grim & mean
unless the scourging Scrooge in Man
decides to change the scene
in a tableau Virgin Birth
can hardly help us save ourselves
let alone the bloody Earth
the year is nearly ended
as alas is this
the new one could be one last chance
we can't afford to miss
so take a sprig of imitation holly
spray on artificial snow
'tis the season to be jolly
under the plastic
under the plastic
under the plastic mistletoe
xxx
[Audio: Davy King Sings Xmas Present, 288 Kb]
