The Perfect Christmas Tree
		music by S. Tyson - SALT Music - ASCAP
		lyrics by G. Swick - SOCAN
		
Every year it's the same dilemma,  
	how do you find the perfect Christmas tree ?
I like something you can store in a closet
	already decorated,  not by me.
Those lonely pines in a lot by the roadside
	always bring me to tears.
We could adopt a sapling,  then
	let it grow in the ground for years and years.
		We'll ask the heavens what methods saints use.
		The perfect answer - let someone else choose.
		We all agree on the ideal tree,  it's a
Three foot fir to plant in the Spring.
As we watch it grow it will always bring
Memories of this merry Christmas morning - together

Let's decorate in the best of taste
	old-fashioned beads that swoop and loop around.
I like tinsel in excess
	cascading from the tip to the very ground
I have a vision of white light
	upward stretching
I find blinking,  flashing,  bubbling lights are
	seasonal and always fetching.
		We'll ask the heavens what methods saints use.
		The perfect answer - let someone else choose
		We all agree on the ideal tree
One star twinkles at the very top.
Beads carry on where the white lights stop
Tinsel tells of a merry Christmas morning - together

Our little tree in full regalia
	Shines in our eyes like the eighth world wonder,
But not really big enough
	to fit the presents under it.
I suggest we open all the extras,
	that's one solution,
Or we could give some away,
	that's a more generous resolution.
		We ask the heavens what methods saints use.
		The perfect answer - let someone else choose
		We all agree on the ideal tree
It sits up proudly on a kitchen crate,
Just a few gifts left,  in a happy state
We'll wake up early and celebrate,  
Celebrate our Merry Christmas morning - together