Twas the night before Christmas - Joe

Twas the night before Christmas, when in ACME's house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse Some traps were hung by the chimney with care In hopes that Carmen might get caught in the snare The agents were nestled all snug in their beds While visions of Carmen-catching danced in their heads And chief with his pipe and Chase with his bad hair Had just settled themselves for a nap in their lair When all through the halls there arose such a clatter Every agent arose to see what was the matter Away to their coms they flew like a flash Leaving behind thier beds in a mess The alarms that were flashing and the monitor's glow Gave lustre to the darkened objects below When, what to the agents' eyes should appear Then a Carmen clue complete with reindeer With sudden drive, so lively and quick Agents rushed off to stop her before she could nick More rapid than eagles they descended and came Ready with cuffs, they called her by name "Carmen Sandiego, you're under arrest! Don't try any stunts, just give it a rest! We've got you surrounded till the top of the wall There's no where to dash, no where at all!" As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky So up to the house tops her grappling hook flew Taking her with it and her loot too In the blink of an eye she was on the roof And the agents' dreams just went poof As the agent's heads all turned around She leapt cross the roof tops in a bound The agents gave chase, running on foot All the while wishing they had lighter boots A bundle of loot she carried on her back She looked just like a peddler, opening her sack Her eyes how they twinkled with mischief so merry Her coat red as roses, or even a cherry Her slender mouth was up in a grin And the moon outlined her silhouette so slim She opened her pack and its contents poured Over an unsuspecting ACME horde The agents took cover and fell on their bellies But what hit them was soft and harmless as jellies For the sack held not treasures of wealth But woolen dolls replicas of the thief herself With a wink of her eye and a twist of her head Carmen did what the ACME agents dread She disappeared having completed her goal A Christmas prank on ACME and Co. At her escape, she let out one last call "The only Carmen you'll catch is this doll!" With the mission now over, Chase gave a whistle And the agents flew home, like the down of a thistle While Carmen exclaimed from the shadows out of sight "Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!"