Pogues - Fairytale of New York

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  • Brujah
    Beer Money Baron
    • Jan 2001
    • 22157

    #1

    Pogues - Fairytale of New York

    It was Christmas Eve babe
    In the drunk tank
    An old man said to me, won't see another one
    And 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've got a feeling
    This year's for me and you
    So happy Christmas
    I love you baby
    I can see a better time
    When all our dreams come true

    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

    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

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

    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 scumbag, you maggot
    You cheap lousy faggot
    Happy Christmas your arse
    I pray God it's our last

    I could have been someone
    Well so could anyone
    You took my dreams from me
    When I first found you
    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

    http://mhayhurst.blogspot.com/2005/1...-re-issue.html
  • PatrickKing
    Confirmed User
    • Jan 2004
    • 2096

    #2
    Great song

    Merry Christmas!
    [email protected]

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    • OzMan
      Confirmed User
      • Sep 2003
      • 9162

      #3
      Classic! reminds me of several awesome Christmas visits to Ireland pouring out of the pub at 11:59PM to catch midnight mass

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      • Lee
        Confirmed User
        • Aug 2002
        • 2977

        #4
        Greatest xmas song ever bar none.

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        • shermo

          #5
          ::sigh:: I want to get back to Ireland in the next couple of months.

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          • Manowar
            jellyfish  
            • Dec 2003
            • 71528

            #6
            that song rules

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            • Sarah_Jayne
              Now with more Jayne
              • Dec 2002
              • 40077

              #7
              Best holiday themed pop song ever.

              Kristy is missed.

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              • Scotty.T
                Confirmed User
                • Nov 2004
                • 1062

                #8
                My favourite.
                .

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                • chodadog
                  Confirmed User
                  • Apr 2002
                  • 9736

                  #9
                  Had to put it on when i saw this thread. Only just realised it's Christmas down here in Australia already. Happy Christmas, all.
                  26 + 6 = 1

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