Santa's Workshop - Joe Ficklin

Yes, they're real (No, they can't be) Yes they are, I've seen them walking Out beyond the central food court Through the hall and through the gallery Yes, they're real (No, they can't be) Yes they are-you are not hearing For I say I've seen them drinking In the Starbucks at the Mall Coin and cash and gilded credit Receipts of an ancient purchase Wide as wonder, tall as skylight Lords of mirth and lords of jolly Deck the halls with boughs of holly Lords of mirth and lords of jolly Deck the halls with boughs of holly Yes they're real (No, they can't be) Come with me and sit with Santa (I'm afraid) O you are childish Just a guy that does not know ye! Come ye now (No, I fear thee!) Did I say that I would leave thee? (We have walked too far this night, out beyond the neon light!) Come ye now (No, I fear thee!) Come with me, for I will take ye Get a photo like all the others Then reunited with your mother! Yes they're real "No!" you told me "Yes," I said, "you should believe me" Now we have you for the moment Now we seat you, take the picture Twenty dollars. Pay the cashier! Coin and cash and gilded credit Receipts of an ancient purchase Wide as wonder, tall as skylight Lords of mirth and lords of jolly Deck the halls with boughs of holly Lords of mirth and lords of jolly Deck the halls with boughs of holly