Jack's Obsession Lyrics - Singles - Burton Tim

Something's up with jack 

Something's up with jack 

Don't know if we're ever going to get him back 

He's all alone up there 

Locked away inside 

Never says a word 

Hope he hasn't died 

Something's up with jack 

Something's up with jack 

JACK 

Christmas time is buzzing in my skull 

Will it let me be? I cannot tell 

There are so many things I cannot grasp 

When I think I've got it, and then at last 

Through my bony fingers it does slip 

Like a snowflake in a fiery grip 

Something's here I'm not quite getting 

Though I try, I keep forgetting 

Like a memory long since past 

Here in an instant, gone in a flash 

What does it mean? 

What does it mean? 

In these little bric-a-brac 

A secret's waiting to be cracked 

These dolls and toys confuse me so 

Confound it all, I love it though 

Simple objects, nothing more 

But something's hidden through a door 

Though I do not have the key 

Something's there I cannot see 

What does it mean? 

What does it mean? 

What does mean? 

Hmm... 

I've read these Christmas books so many 

times 

I know the stories and I know the rhymes 

I know the Christmas carols all by heart 

My skull's so full, it's tearing me apart 

As often as I've read them, something's wrong 

So hard to put my bony finger on 

Or perhaps it's really not as deep 

As I've been led to think 

Am I trying much too hard? 

Of course! I've been too close to see 

The answer's right in front of me 

Right in front of me 

It's simple really, very clear 

Like music drifting in the air 

Invisible, but everywhere 

just because I cannot see it 

Doesn't mean I can't believe it 

You know, I think this Christmas thing 

It's not as tricky as it seems 

And why should they have all the fun? 

lt should belong to anyone 

Not anyone, in fact, but me 

Why, I could make a Christmas tree 

And there's no reason I can find 

I couldn't handle Christmas time 

I bet I could improve it too! 

And that's exactly what I'll do! 

HeeHeeHeeHeeHee!!