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What Is Christmas, Trans-Siberian Orchestra From the 2004 album: The Lost Christmas Eve Words: Paul O'Neill Music: Paul o'Neill and Jon Oliva Tempo: Moderately Fast BPM: 144 Key: C Timing: 4/4 [Narration] N.C. By this time a harder rocking stage Would be impossible to find And though no one was now drinking The owner did not seem to mind And the angel marveled how one man Could turn around a life And then that life turn around another's And how it rippled through this night But there was someone in that room Whose heart had not been changed A heart that had grown so hard You'd have thought it could never be arranged It was the businessman from downtown Who had stopped there to rest his feet And he clung to his drink (where he watched his thoughts sink) While any strangers, he refused to greet You could see upon his face How happiness had been so long deferred It was practically as if unhappiness Had somehow become preferred Now the angel had not seen the businessman Though they had in that room been near Nor did the angel see him as he left the bar When he could no longer stand this christmas cheer And as the businessman exited the door He heard someone complaining on the tv It was the "grinch" ranting against christmas And the man found that he agreed [Verse]
CWhat is christmas? Tinseled fairytales Day old stockings lined up in a row What is christmas Could someone tell me that? What is christmas? Surely, I don't know D And G/DeveryC/Dwhere Dthese lights Who G/Dneeds C/Dto coloDr night? Could G/Dthis C/Dwhole thing Dbe planned? I G/Ddo nC/Dot underCstand This christmas Trees with colored lights Underneath they still are only trees Do you think that one day perhaps they might Find that christmas Is kind of a disease? FEvery year it's waiting for me Waiting for me Every year it constantly defies GPlacing strangers There before me There before me Spreading hope and cheer Mixed in with happiness Fraternal bliss and other christmas Clies! DmAnd there's one more thing that A7I have discovered That DmI would now like you to A7know The Dmreason for christmas I A7now realize Is an Dmexcuse to tolerate snow A7 Snow! I don't even like the sound of it Anyway, where was I Oh, yes! CWhat is christmas? Candles everywhere A fire hazard any other day Children light them No one seems to care All for christmas CEvery year it Dmreturns here And Emevery year it's Fwaiting for me CWhy can't christmas Dmdisappear And Emjust pretend it Fnever saw me CEvery year I Dmget my hopes up EmThat it will someFhow just leave But Cevery year I Dmwake to find That Emonce again it Fnow is christGmas Ceve