Ebenezer Scrooge

It was Christmas eve, I was all alone

And my old heart was just like a stone

And I didn't want no one to bother me

My eyes were red, my lips were blue

My cheeks were cold and shriveled too

I's as mean as mean could ever be

But look at all I'd come to own

Those velvet walls, that golden throne

I'd sit inside and hide my misery

And the only friend that I could claim

Is a pale old ghost who came in change

To warn me of my ill-begottеn fate

He said he livеd his life regretfully

So full of fear and full of greed

And for him the chance to change was much too late

But he said that I was Ebenezer Scrooge

That I still had some life to lose

And that maybe I should open up the gate

For spirits come from yesterday

And spirits come from yet to come

He said follow them, and do not hesitate

Then he hung his head and he drifted away

And he left me there that winter day

So I opened up my heart to have a look

And I saw all the way back to the day

My true love no longer stay

For I was just a miser and a crook

And with her parting but a year behind

I saw the life she went on to find

It was a picture-perfect storybook

And it made me cry as my buckles shook

Oh my, oh I had found the hook

I got out of there, that was all I could take

Then I looked out through the frosted glass

To see the world that's yet to pass

And returned to my ignorance at once

But on the snowy streets below

I saw children with no place to go

Forgotten in the cold winter morn'

And it made me cry as my buckles shook

And once again I found the hook

I saw the world outside that I denied

And life was turning into dream

My heart was bursting the seams

Bah, Humbug, I tried it, but I lied

Christmas Eve will soon be Christmas morning

Not before it's final warning

The spirit of what's yet to come

It showed me the funeral of a rich old man

Who never shared or lent a hand

And no one cared to say goodbye

It showed me the funeral of a poor young boy

Who lived a life of love and joy

And the whole town cried and cried

Oh why, oh why, oh me oh my

I'm on my knees I'm horrified

To think of all the lies that I believe

For all my wealth and all my clout

There's so much I have gone without

Forgive me, oh mercy me

As sure as I am here to say

As sure as this is Christmas day

Redemption is my guarantee

So I made my plate, I took my place

Among the ones that live in grace

With love and generosity

For I am Ebenezer Scrooge

Though I am old, my day is new

It's Christmas time and I'm free

It's Christmas time and I'm free

It's Christmas time and I'm free

Yeah, It's Christmas time and I'm free

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