[00:07.54]it was christmas eve babe
[00:13.84]in the drunk tank
[00:17.53]an old man said to me, won't see another one
[00:21.72]an old man said to me, won't see another one
[00:27.02]and then he sang a song
[00:30.73]the rare old mountain dew
[00:34.94]i turned my face away
[00:38.39]and dreamed about you
[00:43.87]
[00:48.88]came in eighteen to one
[00:52.58]i've got a feeling
[00:56.92]this year's for me and you
[01:01.21]so happy christmas
[01:05.90]i love you baby
[01:09.91]i can see a better time
[01:14.15]when all our dreams come true
[01:18.34]
[01:29.93]they've got cars big as bars
[01:31.58]they've got rivers of gold
[01:32.30]but the wind goes right through you
[01:33.81]it's no place for the old
[01:35.46]when you first took my hand
[01:37.10]on a cold christmas eve
[01:39.38]you promised me
[01:40.56]broadway was waiting for me
[01:42.90]
[01:43.18]you were handsome
[01:43.81]you were pretty
[01:44.30]queen of new york city
[01:45.50]when the band finished playing
[01:46.53]they howled out for more
[01:47.08]sinatra was swinging,
[01:47.82]all the drunks they were singing
[01:49.37]we kissed on a corner
[01:52.28]then danced through the night
[01:54.48]the boys of the nypd choir
[01:56.14]were singing "galway bay"
[02:00.77]and the bells were ringing out
[02:03.26]for christmas day
[02:04.66]
[02:15.41]you're a bum
[02:16.26]you're a punk
[02:16.98]you're an old slut on junk
[02:18.68]lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
[02:20.31]you scumbag, you maggot
[02:21.57]you cheap lousy faggot
[02:23.06]happy christmas your arse
[02:26.26]i pray god it's our last
[02:27.10]
[02:27.99]the boys of the nypd choir
[02:28.81]still singing "galway bay"
[02:31.02]and the bells are ringing out
[02:35.14]for christmas day
[02:37.80]
[02:49.40]i could have been someone
[02:51.83]well so could anyone
[02:54.58]you took my dreams from me
[02:56.72]when i first found you
[03:00.82]i kept them with me babe
[03:04.04]i put them with my own
[03:07.47]can't make it all alone
[03:09.76]i've built my dreams around you
[03:12.00]
[03:13.74]the boys of the nypd choir
[03:16.82]still singing "galway bay"
[03:20.36]and the bells are ringing out
[03:22.64]for christmas day

it was christmas eve babe
in the drunk tank
an old man said to me, won't see another one
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
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
the boys of the nypd choir
still singing "galway bay"
and the bells are ringing out
for christmas day
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
the boys of the nypd choir
still singing "galway bay"
and the bells are ringing out
for christmas day