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Fairytale Of New York Lyrics



It was Christmas eve, babe
In the drunk tank
An old man said to me
Won't see another one

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 had a feeling that years
For me and you

Said, "Happy Christmas
I love you, baby
I can see a better time
When all our dreams come true"

They got cars, big as bars
They got rivers of gold
But the wind blows right through you
It's no place for the old

When I first took your hand
All your fingers were blue
Well, I promised you Broadway
Was waiting for you

I was 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
And we kissed on a corner
Danced through the night

And the boys of the NYPD choir
Were singing, 'Galway Bay'
And the bells were ringing out
For Christmas day

Be a bum, it was a clutter
And smell like the gutter
While sad broken promises
Lay with the trash

Every cold chilly night
We'd end up in a fight
And I'd pray as you'd yell
That as train rattled past

And the boys of the NYPD choir
Still singing, 'Galway Bay'
And the bells were ringing out
Christmas day

I could have been someone
Say, so could anyone
That I took your dreams from you
When you first found me

But I kept them with me, babe
I put them with my own
Can't make it all alone
Built my dreams around you

It's Christmas eve again
In the drunk tank
I'm an old man now
I won't see another one

So I'll sing a song
And sleep when I'm through
Dream of another life
Where all our dreams came true



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Kirsty MacColl - From Croydon to Cuba: An Anthology

  1. They Don't Know
  2. You Caught Me Out
  3. Keep Your Hands Off My Baby
  4. There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swear's He Elvis
  5. Hard To Believe
  6. See That Girl
  7. Queen Of The High Teas
  8. I Want Out
  9. You Still Believe In Me
  10. Rhythm Of The Real Thing
  11. Berlin
  12. Camel Crossing
  13. Roman Gardens
  14. Sticked And Stoned
  15. Terry
  16. A New England
  17. Patrick
  18. He's On The Beach
  19. Closer To God
  20. Fairytale Of New York
  21. You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby
  22. The End Of A Perfect Day
  23. Still Life
  24. Clubland
  25. Other People's Hearts
  26. Don't Run Away From Me Now
  27. Please Help Me, I'm Falling
  28. Miss Otis Regrets/Just One Of Those Things
  29. All The Tears That I Cried
  30. Walking Down Madison
  31. London Bridge Is Falling Down
  32. My Affair
  33. All I Ever Wanted (Re-Recorded Single Version)
  34. Halloween
  35. We'll Never Pass This Way Again
  36. Count On Me (Demo)
  37. Dear John (Demo)
  38. Angel
  39. Soho Square
  40. Bad
  41. Can't Stop Killing You
  42. Titanic Days (Single Edit)
  43. Tomorrow Never Comes
  44. Caroline
  45. I Am Afraid
  46. The Butcher Boy
  47. As Long As You Hold Me
  48. Perfect Day
  49. Sail Away
  50. Libertango
  51. England 2 Columbia 0
  52. Manhatten Moon
  53. Sun On The Water (Demo)