You are all veneer,
With no oak beneath
You are all gloss
finish
With no undercoat
You are a pastry top
With no pie below
You are faith
Without belief
You are attraction
Without love
You are shallow
And superficial
You are all veneer,
With no oak beneath
You are all gloss
finish
With no undercoat
You are a pastry top
With no pie below
You are faith
Without belief
You are attraction
Without love
You are shallow
And superficial
Outside it’s snowing hard
Falling fast and lying
deep
But you are warm and
safe
As in your bed you
sleep
But I must brave the
elements
As the wind stings my
face
So I can spend
Christmas
In your sweet loving
embrace
I’m like a drowning man
Since you cast me
aside
Into a sea of pain
To fight desperately
Against the tide of
despair
That has overcome me
I choke on the salt
water
Of my lonely tears
Wishing you would
rescue me
Keep me afloat with
your love
But you do not come
And I sink beneath the
waves
And our life together
Passes before my eyes
The Snow lies on the Earth
Icicles hang from the
gate
Frost sits on the windowpanes
A fire burns in the
grate
The sun sets beyond
the wood
Abandoning the sky
Let’s draw the
curtains in
And bank the fire high
Now turn the lamplight
up
And forget about the
weather
Warm moment we’ll
share
As we cosy up together
Since you left me on my own
Loneliness is rife
I don’t want to be
your widow
I want to be your wife
Losing you was such a
blow
That’s left a hole in
my life
If I grew a beard of white
On the off chance that
I might
Have a chance to
advance my cause
By appearing to you as
Santa Claus
And you would have you
tell to me
As you sat upon my
knee
What it is that you most
desire
And to what hopes you
most aspire
And if those secrets
you told to me
You might find them
beneath your tree
I spend all of my days missing you
And at night I dream
of kissing you
And I just wanted to
let you know
That I just can’t seem
to let you go
If you called to me
and beckoned
I would take you back
in a second