Intro:
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I'm lighting a candle, as I'm looking through my window

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To the town square, the snow covered streets are lonely and bare,

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yeah

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The town Christmas tree, winks mockingly at me,

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Cause I should be spending Christmas with you.


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I wrapped my last gift and put the cellotape  away,


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Checked the answering machine


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And in the distance, a choir      sings

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About the joy that Christmas brings

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And it's making me feel blue,

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Cause I should be spending Christmas with you,

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But it breaks my heart that that's the place I just    can't be,

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Cause I hate your family.

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The day I met you,

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I knew you could get me through.

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When we're alone, my world is complete, you're all that I need.

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But when your family call,

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they shit me up the wall,

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Spending time with them just makes my brain bleed.

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And it's making me feel blue,

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Cause I should be spending Christmas with you,

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But I'd rather string my nuts up to a Christmas tree,

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Cause I hate your family.

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The night I first met them,

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The dog was drunk,

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And your father threatened me with a knife.

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Your sister showed me

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Her collection of eels,

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And what she did then will stay with me for life.

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And it's making me spu,

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Cause I should be spending Christmas with you,

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But I'd rather drink a tumbler full of walrus  wee,

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Cause I hate your family.

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With your brother doing dick tricks at the table,

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I can't believe your mum asked me to play spin the bottle.

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Yeah I'd rather be enclosed in a box of killer      bees,

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Yeah I'd rather be attacked by giant chimpazees,

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Yeah I'd rather wear a suit designed by Jenny     Keye

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Your mum is dumb

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And your dad is mad

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And that's why I'm so sad


Spoken Part:
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