I'm Getting Green Stuff for Xmas

by Andrea Dietrich


 

Refrain: I'm gettin' green stuff for Christmas.

I'll have no gifts to return.

I'm gettin' green stuff for Christmas.

This honey loves money to burn!

 

I used to make a little list (I've learned my lesson well).

I wrote the things for which I wished (I've learned my lesson well).

As my mate went out the door, list in hand to K-mart store,

I figured I had eased his chore. (I've learned my lesson well.)

 

(Refrain)

 

On Christmas morn when I awoke (I've learned my lesson well),

I always found it such a joke (I've learned my lesson well).

Hubbie was a brainiac. There unwrapped still in the sack

were items I would just take back. (I've learned my lesson well).

 

(Refrain)

 

One year I learned a little trick (I've learned my lesson well).

It even pleases my St. Nick (I've learned my lesson well).

All I need beneath my tree are chocolates and then to see

a check that is made out to me! I've learned my lesson well.

 

(Refrain)

 

to Autumn Leaves, an online poetry journal
volume 10(6)
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