Fairytale Of New York lyrics

It was christmas eve babe
in the drunk tank
an old man said to me: wont see another one
but then they 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
Ive got a feeling
this years for me and you
so happy christmas
I love you baby
I can see another one
where all our dreams come true.

They got cars big as bars
they got rivers of gold
but the wind goes right through you
its no place for the old
when you first took my hand on a cold christmas day
you promised me broadway was waiting for me
Youre handsome youre pretty
queen of new york city when the band finished playing they hold out from more
Sinatra was swinging all the drunks they were singing
we kissed on a corner
and danced through the night.

And the boys from the NYPD choir were singing Galway Bay
and the bells were ringing out for christmas day.

Youre a bum youre a punk
youre an old slut on junk
lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
You scambag you maggot
you cheap lousy fagott
happy christmas my arse I pray god its our last.

And the boys of the NYPD choirwere 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 took them with me babe
I put them with my own
cant make it all alone
Ive built my dreams around you

And the boys of the NYPD choirwere singing Galway Bay
and the bells were ringing out
for christmas day.
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