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One last beer before Christmas Sitting in a run down bar Toasting Christmas' once again Making New Years Resolutions That in eight days I'll amend Watching Christmas Specials On what happened this past year All the while waiting For another glass of beer Commercials for electronic this and battery powered that Pill that kill your acne Machines that suck your fat Little plastic whatzit whos That vibrate and make noise Not one damn ad of one damn thing For Christmas...girls and boys Where did Christmas go to? When did Christmas die? When did Amazon take over? Telling us just the things to buy Where is Christmas spirit? In a movie or a play? At an office Christmas party? It's all saved for Boxing Day The beer arrives, we look about The bar is filling fast Most talking of the better days The days of Christmas past People on the tv set On that damn show TMZ Reality folks, who don't know real At least not like you and me I harken back to days of yore When Christmas was so real When there'd be fifteen aunts and uncles At our house for a meal When charity was normal Cynics..few and far between When Christmas trees dropped needles And all had a slight lean Where did Christmas go to? When did Christmas die? When did Amazon take over? Telling us just the things to buy Where is Christmas spirit? In a movie or a play? At an office Christmas party? It's all saved for Boxing Day It's getting on for closing time It's time to get on home Where, I am not sure of It's nice...I'll think I'll roam A bench, perhaps, inside the park I think I'll be all right I'll pick one near a walkway By a nice and shiny light Oh, most of us are homeless We hit the missions for our meals We drink some down at this old bar We just like the way it feels We spend Christmas Day together Our extended family grows each year But, before I go and find a bench I think I'll throw back one last beer Merry Christmas
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