Things Fall Apart

My mother said I'm a survivor
I pull together Christmas every year
Something has to last, she said
Once a year let's have the past
And then one year to reach up high
To hang an angel from the tree
Became a painful thing
Besides she's lost a wing

My mother said
Things fall apart
But they never leave my heart
Good morning midnight
It's Christmas
Things fall apart
But they never leave my heart

My boyfriend said it's really sweet
The way you go for Christmas cheer
I said we can't afford the tree
He said love is free

So we trimmed the cactus with my earrings
That we'd meant to pawn
There wasn't any snow but there was rain
He licked me like a candy cane

And then one day he said
I can't stand in your way, it's wrong
Way of what I asked but he was gone

Things fall apart
But they never leave my heart
Good morning midnight
It's Christmas
Things fall apart
But they never leave my heart

The party was a huge success
But where should we go next they said
They killed a tree of ninety-seven years
And smothered it in lights and silver tears
They all got wrecked, they laughed too loud
I started to feel queasy in the crowd
I caught a cab back to my flat
And wept a bit and fed the cat

Things fall apart
But they never leave my heart
Good morning midnight
It's Christmas
Things fall apart
But they never leave my heart

It's Christmas