Christmas time may always be the saddest time of year But if misery loves company let's play at solitaire If you've any thought to our forgotten dream Here's a swallowed prayer and not so silent scream
Please don't chop another Christmas tree Please just let her live and let her breathe Spare the little flower as you didn't spare my heart Tend each thirsty flower, don't tear her apart Please don't axe another evergreen Please don't make that cut however clean Bless each fragrant nettle and how happy she will be Cradle every blossom and kiss them for me
Please don't slice another Christmas fir Please don't kick another to the curb Put away the hog's head and the fetish for the flesh Death is no requirement for your happiness
Please don't kill another living thing Please don't sap her veins but let them sing Don't tether her branches to the chair or kitchenette Whether our romance is a thrill or regret
Please don't squeeze another Christmas crown Just to build her up and break her down Please don't slowly starve her whilst the party rages on I know what it feels like to shiver in the sun
Please don't chop another Christmas tree Every wild soul craves liberty Cherish every being, any species, any size I'm a weeping willow yet I still empathize So though you've got your life and family Though you've chosen and it wasn't me Though my future's decked in misery Oh please oh please don't chop that Christmas tree