"Christmas Different" Copyright 2017 M.Healey

How he loved this time of year watching as the season cheered
Everything was such a treat until every Christmas eve
A single man on his own he'd no folks nowhere to go
Every year he'd wake and see, again no gifts beneath his tree
But this year he had a plan and rushing ready cash in hand
Shopping mall was just the place to locate a friendly face
Lonely sales girl she's the one, understood what needed done
She'd buy presents he'd not see and send them to him Christmas eve

Somebody's gonna be happy
Somebody's gonna get their wishes
Hoping everyone
Has a merry one
This Christmas
Make this Christmas different

But Christmas eve came and went no one called no presents sent
Then Christmas day there came a knock an opened door brought such a shock
Who was this now stamping snow holding presents wrapped and bowed
His secret Santa from the shop, Surprise! Surprise! Look what I brought
And then he said come in come in, and so that Christmas came and went
She would stay and never go for she like him was all alone
And every year the tree stood there to guard their gifts and those they shared
The years flew by each Christmas different and their past alone grew ever distant

Somebody's gonna be happy
Somebody's gonna get their wishes
Hoping everyone
Has a merry one
This Christmas
Make this Christmas different

nice rhyming...sad time of year made better


music please

Thanks so much Neil! I do have the chorus music. (It came to me first) I'll have to come up with the verse melody. Hopefully in the new year I'll have some time because I have a backlog of things I really want to do and need to get done.
Thanks again!
-Mike

Ahhh! A Christmas miracle with a happy ending. Perfect match.

I found the last lines V1 a little vague. Maybe this is slightly less vague ... or maybe not.

"Lonely sales girl she's the one. She would know what should be done
She'd buy presents he'd not see and send them to him Christmas eve."

Vic

Vic, thanks for your input. Hard to come up with a new angle, glad you thought it worked! Your line suggestion worked for me, (that was a tricky part) because it showed her situation also. I altered it slightly, but you were spot on.

Thanks!
-Mike