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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-24-05 12:19 AM
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It was Christmas Eve babe..
In the drunk tank
An old man said to me, won't see another one
And then he sang a song
The Rare Old Mountain Dew
I turned my face away
And dreamed about you

Got on a lucky one
Came in AT TEN to one
I've got a feeling
This year's for me and you
So Happy Christmas
I love you baby
I can see a better time
When all our dreams come true

They've got cars big as bars
They've got rivers of gold
But the wind goes right through you
It's no place for the old
When he first took my hand
On a cold Christmas Eve
You promised me
Broadway was waiting for me

You were handsome
You were pretty
Queen of New York City
When the band finished playing
They howled out for more
Sinatra was swinging,
All the drunks they were singing
We kissed on a corner
Then danced through the night

The boys of the NYPD choir
Were singing "Galway Bay"
And the bells were ringing out
For Christmas day

You're a bum
You're a punk
You're an old slut on junk
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
You scumbag, you maggot
You cheap lousy faggot
Happy Christmas your arse
I pray God it's our last

The boys of the NYPD choir
Still singing "Galway Bay"
And the bells were ringing out
For Christmas day


I could have been someone
Well so could anyone
You took my dreams from me
When I first found you
I kept them with me babe
I put them with my own
Can't make it all alone
I've built my dreams around you

The boys of the NYPD choir
Still singing "Galway Bay"
And the bells are ringing out
For Christmas Day


Fairytail of NEw York.... Pogues....
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-24-05 12:31 AM
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1. I am unfamiliar with these lyrics......
But how poignant and tender and then harsh they are...

Very beautiful....

Thank you for posting them and for helping enlarge my experience with the larger world of music.....

:hug:
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-24-05 12:32 AM
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2. It's from an Irish Punk Rock band from the 80's....
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-24-05 12:36 AM
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3. If you would check your PM, please . Thanks. nt
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aquaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-24-05 12:39 AM
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4. Gotta love the Pogues...
Good choice...
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-24-05 12:40 AM
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5. May Favorite XMas song of all time....
that and silver bells...
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-24-05 06:05 AM
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6. How did I miss this one.
I must have been IMing ...

Or reading a nice lil' piece of fiction I just received by email.
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