i believe in father christmas

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they said there`ll be snow at christmas
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they said there`ll be peace on earth
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but instead it just kept on raining
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a veil of tears for the virgin birth

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i remember one christmas morning
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a winters light and the distant choir
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and the peal of a bell 
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and that christmas tree smell
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eyes full of tinsel and fire

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they sold me a dream of christmas
they sold me a silent night
they told me a fairy story
till i believed in the israelite

and i believed in father christmas
i looked to the sky with excited eyes
then i woke with a yawn in the first light of dawn
and i saw him through his disguise
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i wish you a hopeful christmas
i wish you a brave new year
all anguish,pain and sadness
leave your heart and let your road be clear

they said there`d be snow at christmas
they said there`d be peace on earth
hallelujah,noel,be it heaven or hell
the christmas we get we deserve.
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