Dine with us and eat the turkey

Laugh and maybe I'll be jolly

Lift your hand and try to wake me

I will breathe a sigh of proud young whiskey

Clap your hands and turn around now

Take the floor and try to dance now

Hold my hand and I will smile

I'll tell you that it's been awhile

But I cannot stand, I cannot feel

I cannot breathe, I cannot steal

My heart away I cannot hide

There is a ghost that is outside

He tells me that the dance is waiting

And that the love I feel will be fleeting

Break the boughs and break the quiet

I give up, let down, won't even try it

Happy and gay was the dancing

From by the fire I watched the prancing

All the happy hooves of the reindeer

Across ice without regret or fear

Trees were raised with ornamentals

Gilded firs became the sentinels

White glass balls became their eyes

They sure took me by surprise

They stop my heart, they stop my words

They stop my talking, haven't you heard?

There's a lie going around that I must deny

That I sat out myself and watched the sky

I blame the guards, the Christmas trees

Their porcelain guns and velvet sleeves

Like knights they held me at their lance

No truth, no truth, that I refused to dance!