The Boxmasters - My Dreams Of Christmas lyrics

It started in October About the same time as last year Daddy quit another job And went back to drinking beer Halloween came and went I was a laughing stock at school I guess a flannel shirt and holey jeans Are the costume of a fool Thanksgiving we had lunchmeat And bread and mayonnaise And daddy blessed the lord all day In his own special way The leaves of fall had held on For as long as they could hold And even as they fell I held my dreams of red and gold My dreams of Christmas Keep me going all year long But seems like things fall apart About this time of year Nothing seems to work out Like in them holy songs And to top it off Santa's never been by here On the first day of December Mama's eyes were black and blue That seems to happen Every time the rent is overdue I ask daddy why She always bumps into the door He said that she's just nervous Not to bother him no more There was no tree on Christmas eve The living room was bare From stories that I've read on him Maybe Santy wouldn't care Morning came, my big bright eyes Filled up with big bright tears I didn't get the presents That I didn't get last year They promised me the north pole Would put gifts on lay away And bragged on what a good boy That I had been They said we did our best To give you a Christmas day But you got screwed By Santy Claus again My dreams of Christmas Keep me hoping all year around I guess my little prayers Don't work on big old sin Maybe things don't work out On our side of town Or just maybe this year Daddy will drop in