Off and to the right, the fade of the light
I'm watching the sun go down over the fields
We see the one that little girl who makes my heart pound
(Yes, she do)
But don't you know that that's forbidden?
Son, you better get rid of them ideas
They'll lead to a hanging
When I was young, you know that I believed
In Santa Claus, true love and freedom
Pushing back the fear, sneaking off to see her
And we'd dream to leave this land
Then her family would say, boy, you better stay away
If her daddy finds out, you're a dead man
Leave me to die, oh, my way my time
How can a man, Lord, chain a man
When I was young, you know that I believed
In Santa Claus, true love and freedom
Those days are gone
Might as well leave, leave them be
No more Santa Claus, oh baby, true love, true love and freedom
