Christmas, Of Course

Got everything we wanted
Now there's too much stuff
race around in darkness
unsure of when it's enough
night's longer now
as the earth tilts away
from the pagan star
the ritual came from
credit card is heavy
crashing a new year
taillights in this traffic are festive
everybody selling their brand will say
debt from giving doesn't count
it's Christmas, of course,
I am so stressed out

pull in late to the driveway
catch a seizure from
your sister's decorations
glad they finally accept me
I brought their favorite provisions
gin for your mother
weed for you dad
neither need to know it's regifted
I'm braced for your brother
his whereabouts
On January 6 are suspicious
you can choose your friends but
family are with you
till your in the ground
It's Christmas, of course,
I am so stressed out

All of California is on fire
a strand of lights out on the tree
blink and it will be
summer and we will find
ourselves swimming
at the beach
in all this ash
and plastic

We won the war on drugs
and lost the war on Christmas
I blame the departed
who'll never have to see it
piles pretty paper all torn apart
before it all goes to the landfill
while my trick to believe
its worth believing
is sitting at the kids table
and I'm careful when I'm drowning
I don't pull my loved ones down
It's xmas of course
I am just stressed out