I come and play here every year,
in times of sadness, in times of cheer,
No one knew they were meant to last,
These are the toys of Christmas Past

A game called Perfection will give you a scare
whether or not all the pieces are there
Thunderball Island is missing some balls
or I guess those are actually marbles that fall

The greatest achievement of technology
was all that I wanted that year, you'd agree
didn't matter where you took it on sea or on land
the Typhoon would hover-craft at your command

And then came the phase with the building and building
Construx was the medium of choice for the most things
Capsela and Robotix were of similar stuff,
But they just weren't as fun and Construx was enough.

And of course Legoes had a place in our hearts,
Even more when we were older and they had cooler parts,
I'd build a chassis of a racecar with shocks
and a working steering wheel oh man how it rocks

After all those gifts I opened that morning,
The one I was most excited about was the 40-box of crayons
Crayola with every color, don't even need to be sharpened
But when all the wrapping paper was cleared away,
they were gone
Where are you, crayons?

Here in my den of earthly delights
I set up Mouse Trap and a few Lite Brites
I try to perfect a Spirograph
And another joy comes into my path,

It's Teddy Ruxpin and Inspector Gadget
What that pair could do, no one could match it
The Pound Puppies all playing with the Pound Purries
(even though the cat version of puppies is kittens)

I come and play here every year,
in times of sadness, in times of cheer,
No one knew they were meant to last,
These are the toys of Christmas Past