Just Because It's Christmas

It's around this time of year I get to thinking
About all the things I wish I'd said or done
If I ever get myself together I'll be stunned
I know that I can't be the only one

Resolutions rarely lead to revolutions
No not everyone can spark one from their bed
I'm tired and uninspired, truth be told
Rather be dead
The past is something I can't seem to shed

But it's Christmas
I'll go through the motions
Atoning for mistakes I haven't made
It's the litmus
Of my devotion
To people that don't matter anyway

And just because it's Christmas
Doesn't mean I'm having fun
Despite all my ambition
What exactly have I done?

Ahh

But it's Christmas
I'll go through the motions
Atoning for mistakes I haven't made

And just because it's Christmas
Doesn't mean I'm having fun
Despite all my ambition
What exactly have I done?

I keep hoping maybe next year
Things will change
And then when nothing's different (nothing ever changes)
I try to assuage and smile
As time passes me by

I send more prayers than postcards (I send more prayers than postcards)
Despite all I lack
And every movement forward takes me
Two steps back

It's time for cheer
Maybe next year

And I won't find anything I need beneath the tree
Or anyone around it that might disagree
That just because it's Christmas
Doesn't mean I'm having fun

And just because it's Christmas
Doesn't mean I'm having fun