they said there ll be snow at christmas they said there ll be peace on earth but instead it just kept on raining a veil of tears for the virgin birth i remember one christmas morning a winters light and a distant choir and the peal of a bell and that christmas tree smell and their eyes full of tinsel and fire 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 and i looked to the sky with excited eyes till i woke with a yawn in the first light of dawn and i saw him and through his disguise 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 ll be snow at christmas they said there ll be peace on earth hallelujah noel be it heaven or hell the christmas we get we deserve1