Simply Poetic

It's Christmas, Carol

I don't want too much for Christmas
I just want you to see
Even if your dad's a Scrooge
Carol, you don't have to be

Tore me up like wrapping paper
And hung me up on my tree
Walked away without a second glance
Leaving me strewn like tinsel leaves

In the season meant for giving
You only took from me
My heart, my love, and every present
You couldn't let it be

I don't want too much for Christmas
I just want you to see
Even if your dad's a Scrooge
Carol, you don't have to be
Maybe you don't feel the same
And Rudolph's nose won't let you see
But, Carol, don't break my heart
'Cause you're the only one for me

Met you under the mistletoe
And pulled you close to me
You took my wallet and walked to the door
Blowing my hope and money

You don't hear the herald singing
Only the chiming of each dollar
You don't know my love for you
Only every shopping parlor

I want too much for Christmas
I changed my mind, you see
Your dad's a Scrooge
And, Carol, you want to be
Maybe you don't feel the same
And Rudolph's nose won't let you see
But, Carol, don't break my heart
'Cause you're the only one for me

Then I saw what you were
beneath
A devil on top of a tree
There was no us, not a half was me
It was all about you saying me, me, me

I guess a miser has to have
Everything they can see
But it wasn't love you wanted
Nope, it just wasn't me

I want too much for Christmas
I changed my mind, you see
Your dad's a Scrooge
And, Carol, you want to be
Maybe you don't feel the same
And Rudolph's nose won't let you see
But, Carol, don't break my heart
'Cause you're the only one for me

I don't want too much for Christmas
My eyes are open and I can see
Your dad's a Scrooge
And ,Carol, you want to be
You won't feel the same
And Rudolph's nose won't let you see
Carol, you broke my heart
This Christmas was your good riddance to me

I wrote this while thinking about that song and The Christmas Carol.