Family Tree

Mama taught me early on when Christmas came around How to decorate the family tree and what it was really all about It was lots of love, the Lord and family Said if you want to know what Christmas means to me It's those boxes stuffed up in the loft dating back to '93 And once a year we'd pull 'em out watching Macy's playing on TV and We'd dress it up with lights and life's long memories With a star on top to praise the man who made it be And we'd thank Him for the years before and a couple more Around the family tree Last night I sat on the floor, just me and the kids Staring at the times we had and all of the things we did Scattered 'round the branches of that tree Then I told them what my mama said to me That those boxes stuffed up in the loft dating back to '93 And once a year we'd pull 'em out watching Macy's playing on TV and We'd dress it up with lights and life's long memories With a star on top to praise the man who made it be And we'd thank Him for the years before and a couple more Around the family tree Yeah, if the good Lord called and granted me one wish It'd be to let 'em see the day my great-great-grandkids Find those boxes stuffed up in the loft dating back to '93 And once a year we'd pull 'em out watching Macy's playing on TV and We'd dress it up with lights and life's long memories With a star on top to praise the man who made it be And we'd thank Him for the years before and a couple more Around the family tree