Forgotten Days

a sort of Christmas song
(by Informal)

  Here you may download an mp3 demo of Forgotten Days (approx. 4.2MB) performed by Deadman Turner (and featuring Alfred and Thorfinn).
  Alternatively, sing or hum along with an instrumental version of Forgotten Days (approx. 4.65MB) performed by Deadman Turner.
  The words to the song are below.

   Forgotten Days

Have a truly joyful Christmas;
and a safe and peaceful new year.

Christmas soon will have come and gone
   like all material things—
ephemeral phenomenon
      of one day;
and yet we often sing that song
   (full of birds and golden rings)
of how the feast is twelve days long
      not one day:
the other days are forgotten;
forgotten are the other days.

Those weeks of anticipation
   and dear decorating phase
are all for a celebration
      of one day.
The abundant preparation,
   all the songs of cheer and praise,
in the annual exultation
      of one day:
so many days are forgotten;
forgotten are the other days.

We sing of concord and good will
   and of peace for all mankind,
of sacrifice and the giving
      for one day;
yet conflict rages on earth still,
   and everywhere we find
the struggle to make a living
      past one day:
the other days are forgotten;
forgotten are the other days.

[instrumental break]

Let�s sing of peace, an end to war,
   to a love for all mankind,
and hope the spirit last for more
      than one day:
too many days are forgotten;
forgotten are the other days.

Have a truly joyful Christmas;
and a safe and peaceful new year.

© 2005. All rights of Forgotten Days have been assigned by the author to the ABC Tasmania Giving Tree.

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