There Are Much Worse Things to Believe In-Ensemble

[00:04.69]Elvis: There are cynics, there are skeptics [00:08.80]There are legions of dispassionate dyspeptics [00:12.09]Who regard this time of year as a maudlin insincere [00:15.81]Cheezy crass commercial travesty of all that we hold dear [00:20.33]Stephen: When they think that [00:22.75]Well, I can hear it [00:24.72]But I pity them their lack of Christmas spirit [00:28.54]For in a world like ours, take it from Stephen [00:32.31]There are much worse things to believe in. [00:36.96]Elvis: A redeemer and a savior, an obese man giving toys for good behavior [00:44.67]Stephen: The faith in what might be and the hope that we might see [00:48.66]The answer to all sorrow in a box beneath the tree [00:53.10]Find them foolish [00:55.02]Elvis: Sentimental [00:57.13]Stephen: Well you're clearly none too bright [00:58.93]Both: so we'll be gentle [01:01.45]Stephen: Don't even try to start vaguely conceiving [01:05.34]Both: Of all much worse things to believe in [01:09.92]Stephen: Believe in the judgment, believe in Jihad [01:13.19]Believe in a thousand variations on a dark and spiteful god [01:17.47]Elvis: You've got your money, you've got your power [01:21.14]You've got your science, and all the planets going to end within the hour [01:25.27]Stephen: You've got your dreams that don't come true [01:27.73]Elvis: You've got the ones that do [01:30.81]Stephen: Then you've got your nothing [01:32.67]Both: Some folks believe in nothing [01:35.49]But if you believe in nothing [01:38.80]Then what's to keep the nothing from coming for you [01:45.20]Stephen: Merry Christmas, Happy New Year [01:49.66]Now if you'll forgive me there's a lot to do here [01:53.49]There are stockings still unhung [01:55.36]Colored lights I haven't strung [01:57.53]Elvis: And a one-man four-part Christmas carol waiting to be sung [02:03.24]Stephen: Call me silly, call me sappy [02:06.65]Call me many things, the first of which is happy [02:11.30]You doubt, but you're sad [02:13.77]I don't, but I'm glad [02:18.28]Both: I guess we're even [02:21.79]Stephen: At least that's what I believe in [02:26.52]Both: And there are much worse things