Once Upon A December

ON a small
'painted ship
Land recedes in the distance

Farther South
Long since past
Spring has flown to the netherworld

Winter comes and wraps us all
Snow drifts down and the ship is froze
Ice has trapped us in the sea
Winter's come to destroy us all

Lost at sea
No place to go
Hunger gnaws at our bellies

We've come so far
with so far to go
Sun come quickly and spring return

Then the captain dreams a dream
Wild and crazy
an escapist scheme
Creates a nooze and flings it faaaaar
He catches the sun and makes it ours

(to be sung to ^ once upona december)