First Christmas

歌詞

This day a year ago He was rolling in the snow With a younger brother in his father's yard Christmas break, a time for touching home The heart of all he's known and leaving was so hard Three thousand miles away Now he's working Christmas Day Earning double time for the minding of the store He always said he'd make it on his own He's spending Christmas Eve alone First Christmas away from home She's standing by the railway station Panhandling for change One more dollar buys a decent room and a meal It looks like the Sally Ann place after all The vast and dreaming hall that echoes like a tomb But it's warm and clean and free And there are worse places to be And at least it means no beating from her dad And if she cries because it's Christmas Day She hopes it doesn't show First Christmas away from home In the hall there stands a tree And it looks so small and bare Not like it was meant to be An angel on the top It's not that same old silver star You once made for your own First Christmas away from home In the morning there are prayers Then there's tea and crafts downstairs Then another meal up in his little room He's hoping that the boys will think to call Before the day is done, well it's best they do it soon When the old girl passed away He fell apart more every day Each had always kept the other pretty well But the boys agreed the nursing home was best 'Cause he couldn't live alone First Christmas away from home In the common room they've got the biggest tree And it's huge and lifeless Not like it was meant to be A Santa Claus on top It's not that same old silver star You once made for your own First Christmas away from home First Christmas away from home