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 eighteen 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 you 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
Were 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
Were singing Galway Bay
And the bells were ringing out
For Christmas Day
and my favourite city. . .
and here is the song sung by Katie Meluha
(rather than Kirsty MacColl)
altho the front man from The Pogues is a little worse for wear
in this rendition. . .
(and there's actually not an NYPD choir,
so you have the pipe band instead)
5 comments:
k......I admit it.
I cheated and opened the window....
My bad....*hanging head*
k.......(snickered, too....LOL)
Oh but the lights.....fantastic!!!!!
(another one I ain't showing to himself....LOL)
silly lady
the windows are here for you to open. . .
and when the windows are open, you go girl!
and if it's a time frame thing, we're workin' on my time here. . . I have them all set to publish automatically
so if it's open, it's open
XXX
(I love NYC at Christmas time)
Oh, it's so pretty....
Just sayin'.....
Wow! A city with an overdose of Christmas!
They really do it in style over the pond! Now I feel like a quick trip to Blackpool :)
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