I'M A SHOPPING CENTER SANTA CLAUS FOR THREE WEEKS EVERY YEAR IT PAYS MY RENT AND BUYS ME FOOD AND BUYS A CASE OF BEER I NEVER REALLY LIKED IT 'TILL ONE DAY TWO YEARS BACK WHEN ONE SMALL CHILD ASKED ME JUST HOW I FILLED MY SACK
I THOUGHT A BIT AND TOLD THE WAIF THAT MAGIC FILLED IT UP HER EYES GREW WIDE AS SAUCERS JUST WAITING FOR A CUP I TOLD HER HOW MY ELVES MADE THE TOYS FOR ME TO GIVE TO TAKE AROUND THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD WHERE ALL THE CHILDREN LIVE
SHE ASKED ME THEN WHY DID I NOT FULFILL HER WISH LAST YEAR I NOTICED THEN, HER EYES WELLED UP AND I KNOW I SAW A TEAR SHE SAID THAT HER POOR MOTHER HAD LEFT AND RUN AWAY SHE PACKED HER BAGS A YEAR AGO AND LEFT ON CHRISTMAS DAY
SHE DIDN'T LEAVE ME ANY GIFTS SHE SAID IN HER SMALL VOICE SHE ONLY LEFT A LETTER SAYING SHE HAD NOT OTHER CHOICE SHE ASKED THAT WITH MY MAGIC I MAKE HER WISH COME TRUE I'D SAID I'D TRY TO DO IT I WOULD SEE WHAT I COULD DO
I WIPED MY NOSE AND DRIED MY TEARS AND PUT THE SMALL GIRL DOWN SHE TURNED TO LEAVE AND WALK AWAY HER COAT WAS CHOCOLATE BROWN IT WAS A FEW DAYS LATER THAT SHE CAME BACK TO MY CHAIR HER EYES WERE BRIGHT AND SPARKLING AND SHE WORE RIBBONS IN HER HAIR
THANK YOU SANTA FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE THERE'S SOMEONE YOU SHOULD MEET THIS IS MY MUM, SHE'S COME BACK HOME SHE'S MY EARLY CHRISTMAS TREAT YOUR MAGIC WORKED A MIRACLE YOU MADE MY WISH COME TRUE NOW I BELIEVE IN SANTA CLAUS AND THE EASTER BUNNY TOO!
I DID NOT TRY TO FIND HER MUM TO LIE WOULD NOT BE FAIR BUT WHEN I LEFT THE MALL THAT NIGHT I SAID A LITTLE PRAYER I PRAYED TO GOD THAT SHE WOULD FIND HER MOTHER BACK IN HER LIFE AND THAT THIS SMALL, YOUNG CHILD WOULD BE FREE FROM ANY STRIFE
I KNOW THAT IT'S A PIPE DREAM LIKE WISHING ON A STAR BUT I WISHED ON ONE A FEW YEARS BACK AND SOMEONE HEARD ME FROM AFAR I'M A SHOPPING CENTER SANTA CLAUS FOR A WEEK OR MAYBE TWO BUT LITTLE GIRL, WHEREVER YOU ARE I STILLΒ Β BELIEVE IN YOU.