Scrooge and Marley

Seven years tonight I lost my only friend
This feeble candlelight it takes me back to then
Your servant look her leave she said sir it's Christmas eve
You didn't die alone t'was I sitting in your home

It was just like us to sit there and say nothing
I didn't take your hand we didn't touch
For this exchange I came to watch

Seven years tomorrow since I fired your old lawyer
He expressed his sorrow he was crying to my horror
But I handled your estate with efficiency and thrift
I took pride in it Jacob you'd consider it a gift

Seven years since yesterday the last time that we spoke
Called me your brother I made a morbid joke
I could smell your fear and you could smell the angel's stalk
Glad I wasn't you that night I whistled as I walked

Jacob Marley why are you so heavy on my mind
This aching heart has rarely been a malady of mine
I see you in the tyrant and the cripple back from war
I see you in the lion on the knocker on my door



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Writer(s): William Randall Stafford
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