There Goes Another Year

oh, there goes another year
you are there and i am here
as we watch it fade away
what seemed so certain

in the darkness of desember
as the fire turned from spark to ember
these are things i will remember
now xmas time is here
there goes another year

this is how it's gonna be
one for you and one for me
as we see it slip away
heaven help us

in the darkness of desember
as the fire turns from spark to ember
these are things we must remember
and now xmas time is here
there goes another year

what we say but do not mean
every word and in-between
for every manhole in this town
there is someone falling down

so this is how it's gonna go
life's too short and we're too slow
we have come to realise
the bitter truth is

in the darkness of desember
as our letters come returned to sender
there are things i won't remember
now xmas time is here
there goes another year