I Was Thinking I Could Clean Up for Christmas Lyrics

Lyric discussion by user1951 

Cover art for I Was Thinking I Could Clean Up for Christmas lyrics by Aimee Mann

This put me in mind of all the times I was going to quit smoking and the lies we tell ourselves. Lies like "I will give up smoking, booze, pizza.....but not just yet" and the idea of waiting for Christmas is just typical.

Then the song has the overtone of committing suicide as well, "I can't live.....call it a day..."