The Needles - The Lilac Time

Oh sometimes it’s a happy

Sometimes it’s happy sad

As the old year hits the slipway

Was it all so bad

Oh but when you’re all together

You’re still all alone

Is it the present you can’t get out of

Or the future you can’t postpone

Heretics who once slept on your floor

Are singing carols at your door

And they’re putting up the Christmas tree

They’re taking down the Christmas tree

The needles never stick to me

It all goes by so quickly

And I’m so glad you came to me

And saved me from stupidity

Every day is Christmas Day

Ever since you came my way

You and your child kill me

You and your child don’t give up

You and your child kill me

You and our child we won’t give up

Paper snowflakes stuck to windows

Of the school you used to go to

And my heartache’s in the shadows

Like the fool who didn’t tell you

That I loved you like a snowstorm

Like walking barefoot through a fire

You’re the dream I always steal from

My definitive desire

We’re pioneers and mutineers

Or whatever you hold dear

And we’re putting up the Christmas tree

We’re taking down the Christmas tree

The needles never stick to me

It all goes by so quickly

And I’m so glad you came to me

And saved me from stupidity

Every day is Christmas Day

Ever since you came my way

You and your child kill me

You and your child don’t give up

You and your child kill me

You and our child

Merry Christmas, Mom

Merry Christmas, Pop

We all still love you

Some things time can’t stop

I’m a dad now too

This year she’ll be five

Happy New Year

It’s still good to be alive

Putting up the Christmas tree

And taking down the Christmas tree

The needles never stick to me

It all goes by so quickly

And I’m so glad you came to me

And saved me from stupidity

Every day is Christmas Day

Ever since you came my way

You and your child kill me

You and your child don’t give up

You and your child kill me

You and our child we won’t give up