Spotlight on Christmas - Rufus Wainwright

People love the working man

Who does the best that he can

But don’t forget all the horses and toys

Never could fix the poor, little, rich boys

People say they love the maid

Who sweats and toils just like a slave

But don’t forget all the diamonds and pearls

Never could fix the poor little rich girls

You can measure it in blood

You can measure it in mud

Let us say for these twelve days

Put the measuring away

'Cause it’s Christmas

And the spotlight’s shining on Christmas

And the spotlight’s shining on us People love and people hate

People go and people wait

But don’t forget Jesus, Mary and Joseph

Once were a family poor but rich in hope, yeah

Don’t forget Jesus, Mary and Joseph

Running from the law, King Herod had imposeth

And they were each one quite odd

And mensch, a virgin and a God

But don’t forget that what kept them aflow

Floating through the desert doesn’t take a boat, no Don’t forget that what kept them above

Is unconditional love

And you can measure it in blood

You can measure it in mud

Let us say for these twelve days

Put the measuring away

'Cause it’s Christmas

And the spotlight’s shining on Christmas

And the spotlight’s shining on us And the spotlight’s shining on Christmas

And the spotlight’s shining on People love the working man

Who does the best that he can

But don’t forget all the horses and toys

Never could fix the poor, little, rich boys