Leave the Call On

I've got morning at my window You've got candles on the table Mum is trying to fit the whole room In the corner of the screen Someone says, "Can you hear us?" Someone else says, "Turn it around" I can see half of a paper crown And I've never loved a picture more than now

You don't have to sit there smiling With your dinner getting cold

Leave the call on Put me where I hear the room Let me catch you singing badly When you think I'm not listening to you Leave the call on Go and do what Christmas does I'm a breakfast and an ocean away But let me stay a while with us Leave the call on I'm still here

Dad is looking for the game rules In a box they never lived in And I tell him, "Try the sideboard" He says, "How did you know that?" There's a fork below the table And a chair dragged back for tea All the sounds I never noticed Are the sounds I want to keep around me

You come back and ask if I'm all right I say, "Yes, just leave it there"

Leave the call on Put me where I hear the room Let me catch you singing badly When you think I'm not listening to you Leave the call on Go and do what Christmas does I'm a breakfast and an ocean away But let me stay a while with us Leave the call on I'm still here

I don't need a special message You don't have to find the words Tell me who has won the first round Let me hear the second verse I'll be peeling my own orange While you pass the chocolates round Merry Christmas from this little kitchen Merry Christmas to that sound

Leave the call on Put me where I hear the room There's my sister starting laughing Now I'm laughing with her too Leave the call on There's no hurry at this end I'm a breakfast and an ocean away And I'm right here with you again

Go on, I'll hear you from the kitchen Leave the call on