Have yourself a merry little tax cut,
Let your heart be light
As the nation's deficit
Goes out of sight.
Have yourself a merry little meltdown
When you've realized
How your tax deductions
Will all be downsized.
Once you could, back in olden days,
Happy golden days of yore,
Deduct all mortgage interest
From your tax bill — no more!
Someday soon we may all get it together
If the fates allow
Until then we'll have to muddle through somehow.
So have yourself a merry little Christmas now.