Merrily Up On High

(album: North By Northwest - 1982)

Everybody's on vacation
Have a holiday, take a break
Spend and borrow, there's no tomorrow
So get your present today

Take some thyme and stuff the turkeys
Watch the western world go by
Pull a cracker and light the candles
Merrily up on high

Let's all party, war has started
Let's forget about days gone by
We won't see another year like it
So drink your dinner tonight

It's no use to face the future
Count to twenty, close your eyes
This year, next year
Thermonuclear...
Merrily up on high

End of term administration
Private prison or public school
Graduation celebration
Everyone playing the fool

Family gathering, strained relations
Festive gesture, don't say die
Drunken patients, old acquaintance
Merrily up on high

Let's all party, war has started
Let's forget about days gone by
We won't see another year like it
So drink your dinner tonight

It's no use to face the future
Count to twenty, close your eyes
This year, next year
Thermonuclear...
Merrily up on high