Fairytale of New York. The Pogues
[Verse 1]
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It was Christmas Eve babe, In the drunk tank
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An old man said to me, won't see another one
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And then he sang a song, The Rare Old Mountain Dew
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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, Came in eighteen to one
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I've got a feeling, This year's for me and you
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So happy Christmas, I love you baby
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I can see a better time
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When all our dreams come true
[Pre-Verse]
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They've got cars big as bars, They've got rivers of gold
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But the wind goes right through you, It's no place for the old
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When you first took my hand, On a cold Christmas Eve
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You promised me, Broadway was waiting for me
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You were handsome, You were pretty, 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, All the drunks they were singing
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We kissed on a corner, Then danced through the night
[Chorus]
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The boys of the NYPD choir, Were singing "Galway Bay"
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And the bells were ringing out
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For Christmas Day
[Pre-Verse]
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[verse 3]
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You're a bum , You're a punk
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You're an old slut on junk
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Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
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You scumbag, you maggot, You cheap lousy faggot
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Happy Christmas your arse, I pray God it's our last
[Chorus]
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The boys of the NYPD choir, Still singing "Galway Bay"
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And the bells are ringing out, For Christmas day
[Pre-Verse]
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Da da da
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I could have been someone, Well so could anyone
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You took my dreams from me, When I first found you
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I kept them with me babe, I put them with my own
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Can't make it all alone, I've built my dreams around you
[Chorus]
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The boys of the NYPD choir, Still singing "Galway Bay"
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And the bells are ringing out
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For Christmas Day
Preverse and then chorus