Vocal Few - Ice Storm 2008 (Merry Christmas) lyrics

[Verse 1] The cars on the street are covered in snow The world woke up white and we got nowhere to go So we fill our coffee cups with another round And watch the quiet streets outside as flakes fall to the ground And we smile to each other as the record spins around [Chorus] Merry Christmas, ooh Merry Christmas, ooh [Verse 2] We put our jackets on and go for a walk The neighbors are building a snowman just down the block And people share our smiles, as they can relate Yeah, we're forced to accept the things that we cannot change So we smile to each other and say [Chorus] Merry Christmas, ooh Merry Christmas, ooh Merry Christmas, ooh [Verse 3] Yeah, they called it Ice Storm 2008 We were stuck on a hill and so we sledded all day Pretended work didn't ever exist And we laughed at all the trouble that we were in And we watched the bold ones try to leave Like the Land Rover on Lizzie's street As it ping-ponged off parked cars Before the driver abandoned all his chances at the bottom And we drank hot whiskey apple cider And caught the bus down to the theatre Was the happiest busload of people alive As we white-knuckle laughed and prayed aloud we don't die It was this pervasive, post-war feeling Like a bomb had dropped and folks were reeling But the damage was snow and ice And it become the common ground that helped us eye-to-eye So we smiled to each other and said [Chorus] Merry Christmas, ooh Merry Christmas, ooh Merry Christmas, ooh Merry Christmas, ooh Merry Christmas, ooh Merry Christmas, ooh Merry Christmas