Fairytale of New York – The Pogues

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It was Christmas Eve babe

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In the drunk tank

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An old man said to me

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Won't see another one

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And then he sang a song

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The rare old mountain tune

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I turned my face away

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And dreamed about you

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Got on a lucky one

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Came in eighteen to one

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I've got a feeling

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This year's for me and you

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So happy Christmas

^G ^G ^F# ^F#-^E
I love you baby

^E ^E ^F# ^G ^D-B B
I can see a better time

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When all our dreams come true...

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They've got cars big as bars

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They've got rivers of gold

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But the wind goes right through you

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It's no place for the old

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When you first took my hand

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On a cold Christmas Eve

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You promised me

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Broadway was waiting for me

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You were handsome

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You were pretty

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Queen of New York City

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When the band finished playing

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They howled out for more

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Sinatra was swinging,

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All the drunks they were singing

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We kissed on a corner

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Then danced through the night

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The boys of the N.Y.P.D. choir

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Were singing "Galway Bay"

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And the bells were ringing out

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For Christmas day

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You're a bum

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You're a punk

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You're an old sl*t on junk

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Lying there almost dead

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On a drip in that bed

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You scumbag, you maggot

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You cheap lousy f*ggot

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Happy Christmas you arse

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I pray God it's our last

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The boys of the N.Y.P.D. choir

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Still singing "Galway Bay"

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And the bells were ringing out

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For Christmas day

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I could have been someone

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Well so could anyone

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You took my dreams from me

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When I first found you

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I kept them with me babe

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I put them with my own

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Can't make it all alone

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I've built my dreams around you

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The boys of the N.Y.P.D. choir

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Were singing "Galway Bay"

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And the bells were ringing out

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For Christmas day