Jack Stole My Christmas Dream

[Verse 1]
Snow on the gravestones
Tinsel on the trees in the yard
Candy canes on crooked fences
This season’s dressed a little dark
I hear sleigh bells
From a crooked little hill
But the laugh that rides the echo
Gives my spine a chill
[Chorus]
’Cause Jack stole my Christmas dream
Turned my carols into screams
Hung his pumpkins on the evergreen
Now I’m waking up at midnight
From a sugar‑coated scream
Yeah, Jack stole my Christmas
Stole my Christmas dream
[Verse 2]
Stockings by the fireplace
But the chimney coughs out crows
Mistletoe above the doorway
On a skeleton of bow
Gingerbread men with button eyes
Smiling just a bit too wide
Every candy-wrapped surprise
Got a shadow tucked inside
[Chorus]
’Cause Jack stole my Christmas dream
Turned my carols into screams
Wrapped my wishes in a crooked seam
Now I’m dancing with the ghost
Of what December used to mean
Yeah, Jack stole my Christmas
Stole my Christmas dream (oh, Jack)
[Bridge]
I light a candle on the mantel
It drips black down the wick
I pray for sleepy silver mornings
But the clock hands move like tricks
Is it Halloween in heaven
Or Christmas down in hell?
All I know is when I’m sleeping
I can hear his sleigh bells
[Chorus]
Jack stole my Christmas dream
Turned my carols into screams
Painted peppermint in shades of deep green
Now the nightmare keeps on breathing
Through the tinsel and the steam
Yeah, Jack stole my Christmas
Stole my Christmas dream (mmm, dream)
Stole my Christmas dream (ooh, Jack)

jazz, Modern smoky jazz trio, brushed drums and upright bass walking lazily under close piano chords; raspy female vocals right in front of the mix, intimate and sly. Verses stay low and conversational, chorus lifts into sultry sustained notes with subtle horn pads. Occasional scatted ad-libs and late-night reverb give it a haunted-lounge shimmer., female vocals, halloween