Dedicated to my father (RIP).

a time for joy

a time for love

there is no joy

you are gone

christmas was a time for family

a time for joy

a time for love

to get together for one more chance

for food and fights and laughter and dance

to catch up after a year apart

a time for joy

and fear it might be the last

after it's done and we part

and now you're gone

it was the last

christmas was a time for family

a time for joy

a time for love

that felt magical and bright

like only with you it might

and now you're gone

a world apart

a time for joy

a time for love

that still burns bright

with all its might

christmas is a time for family

a time for joy

a time for love

and one day we'll be together again

to catch up on a lifetime of wonder and pain

that you will have seen from up in heaven

a time for joy

a time for love

a time to remember

that you were here

and were my haven

christmas without you

there is no joy

but there is love

and that will be forever