Lyrics
[Verse 1]
It was Christmas Eve, babe
In the drunk tank
An old man said to me
Won't see another one
[Verse 2]
And then he sang a song
The Rare Old Mountain Dew
I turned my face away
And dreamed about you
[Verse 3]
Got on a lucky one
Came in eighteen to one
I've got a feeling
This year's for me and you
[Verse 4]
So, Happy Christmas
I love you, baby
I can see a better time
When all our dreams come true
[Verse 5]
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 6]
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
[Verse 7]
The boys of the NYPD Choir
Were singing Galway Bay
And the bells were ringing out
For Christmas Day
[Verse 8]
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're cheap and you're haggard
Happy Christmas your arse, I pray God it's our last
[Verse 9]
The boys of the NYPD Choir
Still singing Galway Bay
And the bells were ringing out
For Christmas Day
[Verse 10]
I could have been someone
Well, so could anyone
You took my dreams from me
When I first found you
[Verse 11]
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
[Verse 12]
The boys of the NYPD Choir
Still singing Galway Bay
And the bells were ringing out
For Christmas Day
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Written by: Jem Finer, Shane Patrick McGowan