Merrily Up on High

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