my mother said i'm a survivor
i pull together christmas every year
something has to last
she said once a year let's have the past
and then one year to reach up high
to hang an angel from the tree
became a painful thing
besides she's lost her wing
my mother said
things fall apart but they never leave my heart
good morning midnight it's christmas
things fall apart but they never leave my heart
my boyfriend said it's really sweet
the way you go for christmas cheer
i said we can't afford the tree
he said love is free
so we trimmed the cactus
with my earrings that we'd meant to pawn
there wasn't any snow but there was rain
he licked me like a candy cane
and then one day he said i can't stand in your way
it's wrong way of what i asked but he was gone
things fall apart
but they but they never leave my heart
good morning midnight it's christmas
things fall apart
but they never leave my heart
the party was a huge success
but where should we go next
they said they killed a tree of ninety seven years
and smothered it in lights and silver tears
they all got wrecked they laughed too loud
i started to feel queasy in the crowd
i got a car back to my flat
and wept the bits and fed the cat
things fall apart
but they never leave my heart
good morning good night
it's christmas
things fall apart
but they never lose my heart
it's christmas
