Birthday Card at Christmas Lyrics

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.

Jethro Tull - The Jethro Tull Christmas Album

Sep 2003

1. Birthday Card at Christmas
2. Holly Herald (Instrumental)
3. Another Christmas Song
4. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Instrumental)
5. Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow
6. Last Man at the Party
7. Weathercock
8. Pavane (Instrumental)
9. First Snow on Brooklyn
10. Greensleeved (Instrumental)
11. We Five Kings (Instrumental)
12. Bourie (Instrumental)
13. A Winter Snowscape (Instrumental)
14. A Christmas Song
15. Fire at Midnight
16. Ring Out Solstice Bells