What kind of child were you?
And would you, as a child, have befriended me?
Did you visit the city square, in December
to see the tree, and think
shouldn't trees be living?
Lit-up, or not?

How long
did you share a bedroom
with you older brother, Andrew?
Did your sisters rise
earlier than the both of you
on the morning of
Christmas Day?

(What do you say, what do you say)
Let's make this our last Christmas in this city
(What do you say, what do you say)
I'm not disparaging home or family
just dreaming of Christmas
in some foreign, faraway place
(What do you say, what do you say)

Tammy crossed her
fingers for a turtle
and Michelle prayed for a puppy
What was the thing
that you really wanted
but never did see
Me, I wished I belonged
to bigger family
which is funny, considering