DING DONG DAY
lyrics: Mary James & Jean James
Music: Mary James
Christmas, ain’t got no money,
Aint got no job, ain’t got no honey
Snowflakes, aren’t so darn funny,
When there’re bills to pay, and you ain’t got no sleigh
Now ding dong, ding dong
Ding dong, ding dong, ding day
My tree, won’t even unfold,
It’s lost its limbs, and full of mold
Its star, shines crayon gold,
Paper-mache from my kindergarten play
(Chorus)
It costs too much at the super-center store
So there ain’t gonna be no wreath at my door
But a Child was born, the angels sing
With my voice I can make the bells wring
My presents, won’t come with a tag,
In a pasteboard box, with a bow like a flag
My stocking, looks more like a rag,
My table’s bare, but I’ll ring my prayer.
Ding . . .
Christmas, guaranteed,
Oh my (oh my), how our pockets bleed
Buying gifts, we don’t need,
Gifts to throw away, and we pay, pay, pay
Chorus
Christmas, I feel the spirit,
I may not see it, but I sure can hear it
I know, I’m getting’ near it,
When I hear the sound, all around
Ding . . .
Christmas, is so darn pretty,
Lights in the sky, lights in the city
Christmas, ain’t it a pity,
When all we see is a shopping spree
Chorus
Walk tall past the brawl at the shopping mall
Where they claw and crawl to buy what they saw
And rant and pant as time grows scant
A trap for a sap—wrapping things to unwrap
We taste and baste to increase our waist
What we slave to save goes in one big wave
Buy a bat for a brat and a hat for the cat
Buy a rat for the cat and another bat
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