Everybody's on vacation Have a holiday, take a break Spend and borrow, there's no tomorrow So get your present today Take some thyme and stuff the turkeys Watch the western world go by Pull a cracker and light the candles Merrily up on high Let's all party, war has started Let's forget about days gone by We won't see another year like it So drink your dinner tonight It's no use to face the future Count to twenty, close your eyes This year, next year Thermonuclear... Merrily up on high End of term administration Private prison or public school Graduation celebration Everyone playing the fool Family gathering, strained relations Festive gesture, don't say die Drunken patients, old acquaintance Merrily up on high Let's all party, war has started Let's forget about days gone by We won't see another year like it So drink your dinner tonight It's no use to face the future Count to twenty, close your eyes This year, next year Thermonuclear... Merrily up on high