The Gift Of The Magi Lyrics - Joni Mitchell

I remember Monday rising up to pack his lunch 

We kissed goodbye saying 

What a foolish girl was I 

Saying, what a fool was she 

Near the store where I go shopping 

On display there was a golden watch chain 

All that week it had me stopping 

What a fool was she. 

Almost Christmas, we were so poor 

Where there was will 

There were ways 

I was sure 

In the paper written plain 

I saw an ad, I caught a train 

And sold my hair to buy the chain 

What a fool was she 

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(and he says:) 

I remember Monday rising with her hair 

reflected in my eyes 

It caught the sun a million times 

What a fool was he 

In a window near the office was a comb 

of pearls and beads and tortoise 

Oh, the devil'd come to court us 

What a fool was he 

Almost Christmas, we were so poor 

Where there was will 

There were ways 

I was sure 

In the pawnshop coming home 

I stopped inquiring for a loan 

And sold the watch to buy the comb 

What a fool was he 

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Christmas came up cold and glum 

There were no visions of sugar plums 

There were no joyous carols sung 

Oh, what fools were they 

He sat glaring at her bob 

As she lay weeping by a chain and fob 

And sadly burned the yule log 

And wise men lost their way 

Wisemen lose their way 

Merry Christmas Day