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Merry Christmas From An Empty Bed (feat. Brennen Leigh)[Rodney Crowell:]That artificial Christmas tree My baby left behind I told her when she brought it home It suited me just fine I can't believe one little lie Still haunts me to this day But what else can I say She's the one that got away The evergreen seems pointless For a tired old fool like me The fake one more resembles now The man I've come to be And anyway the slowly-turning Colors of the wheel Reminds me how I feel This really can't be real Red, yellow, green Green, yellow, red Merry Christmas from an empty bed [Brennen Leigh:] Outside my window all the streets Are covered up with snow Somehow I thought believing in our love Would make it grow And God knows faith can cover up A multitude of sins But you wouldn't let me in I trim the tree again In red, yellow, green Green, yellow, red Merry Christmas from an empty bed [Rodney Crowell:] So she learned to read my lies Like tea leaves in a cup And here it is, that time of year To put that thing back up I guess I've grown accustomed To the artificial glow And now she'll never know How much I loved her so Red, yellow, green Green, yellow, red Merry Christmas from an empty bed |