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2022-2023

YOUR ABSENCE IS A PRESENT

(A CHRISTMAS SONG)

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Merry Christmas Happy holidayBut don't send me any giftsYour absence is a presentYou can give me all yearHappy happy New Year…Ring a bell, but don't callAnd don't write becauseYour absence is the biggest presentYou've happened to give me this lifeDon't stop! Give me being gone all year!
Have a good birthday but Tell your friendsThat we don't talk And never will,not when your absence Means safetyNot when the way you care hurts
You have the happiest holidaysEvery single one that you choose to celebrateAnd be glad for I am so very happyAnd it's not just you I cast off But an entire world tooI finally made it to the mountain Where I'm alone being listened to By really who cares
I never wrote for anyoneBut the swift stroke of my handThe joy of God’s rhyme and the dance of itAnd I can only imagine it would be very annoyingTo Anyone not like meEventually under the right abusive circumstancesTurning into extremely low return on investmentRelationships with people called family
So go on then and stop with any attemptsI accept from many zero presentsExcept just one: absenceOne of the greatest gifts you can give meSomeday I pray you might meet me thereahead of the curve, past being meanTil then your absence is the best gift you can giveDon't stop! Give me being gone all year!
Living with the gift of memory like I doIt's easy to avoid thinking about what I can't changeParticularly if I don't run into the sameEvery time I've tried to explain this,you've hung up But maybe if I sing it?
Your absence is the best giftYou've ever ever given meDon't stop and give me being gone all yearRemember: your absence is a presentAnd you can give it all year
You have the happiest life without me hear?You’ve already delivered me your gift this yearWhereas too many others still trippingYou're good, and you know what?Don’t stop and give me being gone all year
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