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Too Big a Tree
Cuando papá trae un árbol demasiado grande la Navidad se convierte en un bosque
Escribí esta canción para retratar el divertido caos familiar que vivimos cada Navidad. Todo empieza cuando mi padre trae un árbol enorme que no cabe por la puerta ni las escaleras. Quise capturar la locura de quitar puertas, sacar el sofá al balcón, mover la mesa al pasillo y ver a mi abuela sentada en el radiador con pino en el pelo, mientras la gata vive entre las ramas. Pero la verdadera intención al componerla era mostrar cómo ese exceso nos une. El día 26 a las ocho, cuando lo llevamos al patio, deja de ser nuestro para pertenecer a todo el bloque bajo las estrellas. Aunque papá promete un árbol pequeño el año que viene, nadie le cree.
Letra de la Canción
[00:18.04] Dad came home on Saturday [00:21.44] with a tree upon the car, [00:25.36] we heard it scraping all the way [00:29.14] from the market to the yard. [00:33.16] It didn't fit the doorway, [00:37.10] it barely fit the stairs, [00:40.78] we had to take the door off [00:44.64] and push it, saying prayers. [00:48.74] The sofa's on the balcony, [00:50.70] the table's in the hall, [00:52.54] the cat lives in the branches now, [00:54.52] we never see her at all. [00:59.66] Too big a tre-e-ee, [01:03.04] too tall for the li-i-ights, [01:07.08] we're living in a forest [01:09.44] for the twelve Christmas ni-i-ights. [01:31.41] Grandma brought her cookie tins, [01:35.21] she couldn't find a chair, [01:38.89] she sat down on the radiator [01:42.51] with pine needles in her hair. [01:46.85] The neighbors stop to see it [01:50.63] pressing on the glass, [01:54.45] the window looks like a forest [01:58.45] every time they pass. [02:01.67] Too big a tre-e-ee, [02:04.89] too tall for the li-i-ights, [02:08.91] we're living in a forest [02:11.41] for the twelve Christmas ni-i-ights. [02:18.33] Dad, you swore it looked so small [02:21.87] out there beneath the sky, [02:25.53] but every year you say the same [02:29.61] and every year you lie. [02:35.73] On the twenty-sixth at eight [02:39.01] we carry it outside, [02:43.11] we stand it in the courtyard [02:46.47] with the lights all shining wide. [02:50.93] And now the whole block has it, [02:54.73] the biggest tree in town, [02:58.65] and every window on the street [03:02.45] is shining it back down. [03:05.69] Too big a tre-e-ee, [03:09.35] too tall for the li-i-ights, [03:12.87] now the whole street is a forest [03:15.83] for the twelve Christmas ni-i-ights. [03:21.25] Too big a tre-e-ee, [03:24.95] too big to be ou-ou-ours, [03:28.49] now it belongs to everyone [03:31.89] beneath the winter sta-a-ars. [03:37.43] Next year, says Dad, a small one. [03:45.09] Nobody believes him.