The Sunday Kids - Christmas Used to Last Forever

I remember December taking forever

The days were so long when I was young

We'd stare at the calendar every morning Counting down to the night

that never seemed to come

School let out and the whole world slowed down Snow piled up

beside the street There was nowhere else we needed to be And

Christmas had a thousand hours to reach

Now the years go by like pages And December's gone before I

know

Sometimes I wish I could remember

How we made the whole world move so slow

Christmas used to last forever

Or maybe time just moved that way

We had all the time in the world For every little thing

that made the day

Christmas used to last forever We never wanted it to end Maybe

growing older means Learning how to feel it all again (feel it

all again)

I remember sleeping on the sofa

Just to hear somebody moving downstairs

The lights on the tree were still glowing And nobody cared if

they woke us there

Mom would tell us,

"Go back to bed now"

We'd whisper underneath the door

And somehow five minutes felt like an hour

And an hour felt like something more

Now I'm checking clocks and calendars Trying to fit December in But

every now and then I stop And hear that old kid laughing

again (laughing

again)

Maybe Christmas didn't get smaller Maybe we just started running fast Maybe

all those endless mornings Were never meant to last

Maybe that's why we remember Every hallway,

every room

Because when we were young A Christmas day could hold a whole

lifetime in it

Christmas used to last forever

And I can almost feel it now

There's a little kid inside me Still looking at the clock somehow

Christmas used to last forever Maybe it still can now and then

If we put the whole world down awhile And let December in

again

So leave the lights on a little longer

Let the old songs fill the room

Don't worry about tomorrow yet We've got tonight to make it last