Ralph McTell - All Things Change lyrics

The bar is dressed for Christmas
With coloured lights
Renee the landlady looks so nice tonight
And the lights flickering, like her smile
And she still wears her hair
In the 1940s style she prefers it that way
Though it's turned from red to grey

All things change
The only one who looks the same
Is the fairy on the Christmas tree

Big Eddie and his songs are growing old
The piano player blames his fingers
Says they're freezing cold
And the tinsel hardly shines
On the faded paper chains that
Limply hang in lines
With the laughter in the air that
Is breathed and that is shared

But people change
The only one who stays the same
Is the fairy on the Christmas tree

Outside by the wall where snails have crawled
Leaving tinsel trails shining in
The moonlight pale
Lovers promising nothing's ever gonna change
The things they share, breathing promises
Of cloudy vapor disappearing in
The frosty Christmas air

All things change
The only one who stays the same
Is the fairy on the Christmas tree