Forgot It Was Christmas - The Downtown Fiction

I wake up, look at the paper

And I can’t believe the news

The shops are closed, the roads are covered

And I’ve got no good excuse

Well, I came unprepared

But I’ll prove that I care

I forgot to buy you a present

So I wrote this song instead

Well, I made it for you

Only took me a few

'Cause I wrote it in my head

I forgot it was Christmas

An empty space below the branches

Of a brand new plastic tree

Ran down the stairs on Christmas morning

But there’s nothing there from me

So you took off the star

And you left me a scar

I forgot to buy you a present so I wrote this song instead

Well, I made it for you, only took me a few

'Cause I wrote it in my head, I forgot it was Christmas

I forgot it was Christmas

I’m sorry, it’s Christmas

Forgot everything on your wish list

I promise next year won’t be like this

Isn’t this the time of forgiveness?

Can’t believe that you dumped me on Christmas

Just because I forgot her gift

Now I’m marking the spot on the day I forgot

Who’d have known it’s the twenty-fifth?

I forgot it was Christmas

I forgot it was Christmas

Can’t believe that it’s Christmas

All alone and it’s Christmas

I forgot it was Christmas