Seven years tonight I lost my only friend
This feeble candlelight it takes me back to then
Your servant look her leave she said sir it's Christmas Eve
But you didn't die alone t'was I sitting in your home
And it was just like us to sit there and say nothing
I didn’t take your hand we didn’t touch
Jacob man I always liked the way you handled business
For this exchange I came to watch
Seven years tomorrow since I fired your old lawyer
He expressed his sorrow he was crying to my horror
But I handled your estate with efficiency and thrift
I took pride in it Jacob you’d consider it a gift
Seven years since yesterday the last time that we spoke
You called me your brother I made a morbid joke
I could smell your fear and you could smell the angel's stalk
Glad I wasn’t you that night I whistled as I walked
Jacob Marley why are you so heavy on my mind
The aching heart has rarely been a malady of mine
I see you in the tyrant and the cripple back from war
I see you in the lion on the knocker on my door