Birthday Card At Christmas letra

Got a birthday card at Christmas
It made me think of Jesus Christ.
It said, "I love you" in small letters.
I simply had to read it twice.
Wood smoke curled from blackened chimneys.
The smell of frost was in the air.
Pole star hovered in the blackness.
I looked again: it wasn't there.

People have showered me with presents.
While their minds were fixed on other things.
Sleigh bells, bearded red suit uncles.
Pointy trees and angel wings.
I am the shadow in your Christmas.
I am the corner of your smile.
Perfunctory in celebration.
You offer content but no style.

That little baby Jesus.
He got a birthday card or three.
Gold trinkets and cheap frankincense.
Some penny baubles for his tree.
Have some time off for good behaviour.
Forty days, give or take a few.
Hey there, sweet baby Jesus
Let's share a birthday card with you.

Ian Anderson - Letras

• A Better Moon
• A Change Of Horses
• A Christmas Song
• A Hand Of Thumbs
• A Little Bit Lonesome
• A Million Tears
• A Raft Of Penguins
• A Week Of Moments
• Adrift And Dumfounded
• Am I Not Pretty Enough?
• Aqualung
• Banker Bets, Banker Wins
• Birthday Card At Christmas
• Black & White Television
• Black And White Television
• Calliandra Shade (capuccino Song)
• Calliandra Shade (The Cappuccino Song)
• Cheap Day Return
• Circular Breathing
• Confessional
• Cosy Corner
• Different Germany
• End Game
• Fly By Night
• From a Pebble Thrown
• Jamais Assez Loin
• Kismet In Suburbia
• Life Is a Long Song
• Living In The Past
• Locomotive Breath
• Looking for Eden
• Lost In Crowds
• Made In England
• Man Of The World
• Might-have-beens
• Montserrat
• Mother Goose
• Not Ralitsa Vassileva
• Old Black Cat
• Old School Song
• Panama Freighter
• Photo Shop
• Pidgeon Flying Over Berlin Zoo
• Pigeon Flying Over Berlin Zoo
• Postcard Day
• Power And Spirit
• Rupi's Dance
• Sanctuary
• Set-Aside
• Shunt And Shuffle
• Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day
• Swing It Far
• The Habanero Reel
• The Jasmine Corridor
• The Little Flower Girl
• The Rabanero Reel
• The Secret Language Of Birds
• The Secret Language Of Birds, Pt. II
• The Secret Language Of Birds, Pt2
• The Water Carrier
• Toad In The Hole
• Train
• Trains
• Two Short Planks
• Up The Pool
• Upper Sixth Loan Shark
• User-Friendly
• Walk Into Light
• Water Carrier