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capo 2 — sounds 2 semitones higherVerse 1
It was Christmas Eve babe, in the drunktank
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
Verse 2
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
Verse 3
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
Verse 4
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 the corner
Then danced through the night
Hook
The boys of the NYPD choir
Were singing 'Galway Bay'
And the bells were ringing
Out for Christmas Day
Short Instrumental
Verse 5
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 scum bag
You maggot
You cheap lousy faggot
Happy Christmas your arse
I pray God
It's our last
Hook
The boys of the NYPD choir
Still singing `Galway Bay`
And the bells are ringing
Out for Christmas Day
Verse 6
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
Hook
The boys of the NYPD choir
Still singing `Galway Bay`
And the bells are ringing
Out for Christmas Day
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