Intro
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[Verse 1]
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It was Christmas Eve, I was all alone and my old heart was just like a stone
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And I didn't want no one to bother me
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My eyes were red, my lips were blue, my cheeks were cold and shriveled too
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I was as mean as mean could ever be
[Verse 2]
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But look at all I'd come to own those velvet walls, that golden throne
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I'd sit inside and hide my misery
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And the only friend that I could claim is a pale old ghost who came in chains
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To warn me of my ill-begotten fate
[Verse 3]
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He said he lived his life regretfully, so full of fear and full of greed
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And for him the chance to change was much too late
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But he said that I was Ebenezer Scrooge, that I still had some life to lose
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and that maybe I should open up the gate
[Verse 4]
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For spirits come from yesterday and spirits come from yet to come
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He said follow them and do not hesitate
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Then he hung his head and he drifted away and he left me there that winter day
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So I opened up my heart to have a look
[Verse 5]
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And I saw all the way back to the day my true love could no longer stay
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For I was just a miser and a crook
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And with her parting but a year behind, I saw the life she went on to find
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It was a picture-perfect story book
[Verse 6]
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And it made me cry as my buckles shook, oh my oh I had found the hook
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I got outta there, that was all I could take
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Then I looked out through the frosted glass to see the world that's yet to pass
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And return to my ignorance at once
[Verse 7]
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But on the snowy streets below I saw children with no place to go
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Forgotten in the cold winter morn
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And it made me cry as my buckles shook and once again I found the hook
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I saw the world outside that I denied
[Verse 8]
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And life was turning into dream, my heart was bursting at the seams
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Bah humbug, I tried it but a lie
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Christmas Eve will soon be Christmas morn and not before it's final warning
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The spirit of what's yet to come
[Verse 9]
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It showed me the funeral of a rich old man who never shared or lent a hand
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And no one cared to say goodbye
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It showed me the funeral of a poor young boy who lived a life of love and joy
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And the whole town cried and cried
[Verse 10]
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Oh why oh why, oh me oh my, I'm on my knees, I'm horrified
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To think of all the lies that I believed
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For all my wealth and all my clout there's so much I have gone without
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Forgive me, oh mercy me
[Verse 11]
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As sure as I am here to say, as sure as this is Christmas day
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Redemption is my guarantee
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So I made my pledge and took my place among the ones that live in grace
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With love and generosity
[Outro]
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For I am Ebenezer Scrooge, though I am old, my day is new
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It's Christmas time and I'm free
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It's Christmas time and I'm free