Song: Millennium Eve, 1999
They have nailed Santa Claus to a cross,
They have nailed Santa Claus to a cross,
And displayed him in all the shop windows
Surrounded by all the kiddies' toys.
They have roasted the reindeer on a spit.
They have roasted the reindeer on a spit,
And all who have eaten have got sick and died
Because they've contracted BSE.
See baby Jesus in his crib,
He lies and he smiles and never cries.
His voice is electronic and his eyes TV lenses
And you can recharge his batteries every night.
They've cut benefit for single mums
And Mary has nowhere to lay her head.
The government says they're clamping down on all scroungers
And putting her baby into care.
They've refused visas to the Three Wise Men,
They're locked up in a detention camp,
And outside the gates a mob screaming and shouting:
Send all the foreigners home.
They have cut down the Cross from yonder hill,
'Cos they said it offended public taste.
And everyone knows that he never died for us
Because we all know he never lived.
Where oh where is the Christmas we once loved,
Where oh where are the shepherds and their sheep?
They have bulldozed the hillside for a new motorway
And no one can hear the angels sing.
Christmas, 1999
Note: The first verse was inspired by a real shop window display, seen in a Japanese department store.
