Then December Calls

Never again
(Here we go again)

January second, forty dishes in the sink
Uncle's still asleep across our couch
You found tinsel in the freezer
I found gravy on the ceiling somehow
We sat on the kitchen floor at midnight
Adding up what Christmas cost
You said, "Next year we book a hotel"
I said, "Swear it," and we both crossed

Hand on heart, no more folding chairs
No more cousins sleeping on the stairs

Never again, never again
Not the queue for the one bathroom
Never again, never again
Then December calls and we say, "Come"

Never again, again

(Here we go again)

November fourteenth, your sister calls
Says the baby's walking now
You look at me across the table
I'm already counting chairs out loud
Mama's hip is getting better
Brother's flying home from overseas
And the hotel brochure on the fridge
Holds a shopping list for peas

Hand on heart, we meant it then
Pass the folding chairs again

Never again, never again
Not the queue for the one bathroom
Never again, never again
Then December calls and we say, "Come"

Never again, again

One year we'll be the ones who visit
Sit where Mama always sat
Somebody else will wash the dishes
And I'll miss this, all of that

Never again, never again
Not the queue for the one bathroom
Never again, never again
While there's room, we'll say, "Come"

Never again, again

January second
(Here we go again)