Intro
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[Verse 1]
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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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"You won't see another one"
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And then he sang a song
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"Of Rare Old Mountain Dew"
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I turned my face away
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And dreamed about you
[Verse 2]
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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 this feelin'
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This year's for me and you
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So, Happy Christmas
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I love you, baby
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I can see a better time
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When all our dreams come true
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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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, 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 in the NY PD 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
[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
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You're a bum! You're a punk! 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're cheap and you're haggard
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Happy Christmas, your arse, I pray God it's our last
[Chorus]
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The boys in the NY PD 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
[Interlude]
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[Verse 5]
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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 all with my own
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Can't make it all alone
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I've built my dreams around you
[Chorus]
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The boys in the NY PD 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
[Outro]
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The boys in the NY PD 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