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C FIt was Christmas Eve again in the drunk tank
C GAn old man said to me, “Won’t see another one”
C FAnd then, he sang a song, “The Rare Old Mountain Dew”
C G CI turned my face away and dreamed about you
[Verse]
C FGot on a lucky one, came in eighteen-to-one
C GI’ve got a feeling this year’s for me and you
C FSo Happy Christmas, I love you, brother
C G CI can see a better time when all our dreams come true
[Verse]
C G Am FThey’ve got cars big as bars, they’ve got rivers of gold
C GBut the wind goes right through you, it’s no place for the old
C FWhen you first took my hand on a cold Christmas Eve
C G CYou promised me Broad Street was waiting for me
C GYou were handsome, you were pretty, you’re the king of South Philly
C FWhen the band finished playing, they howled out for more
C GThe Leathers were swinging, all the drunks, they were singing
C F G CWe fought on a corner, then danced through the night
[Chorus]
F G C AmThe sound of The Silver Ages choir all singing “Galway Bay”
C F G CAnd the bells were ringing out for Christmas day
[Instrumental]
C F C G C F C G C
[Verse]
C GYou’s a lush, you’re a crumb bum, you smell like some old scum
C F G CWashed up from the Schuylkill and rotting away
C GYou dirtbag, you phony, you lousy jabroni
C F G CHappy Christmas, you ass, I pray God it’s our last
[Chorus]
F G C AmThe sound of The Silver Ages choir all singing “Galway Bay”
C F G CAnd the bells were ringing out for Christmas day
[Verse]
C FI could have been someone
C GWell, so could anyone
C FYou took my dreams from me
GWhen Mom first had you
CI kept them with me, Jas’
FI put them with my own
CCan’t make it all alone
F CI’ve built my dreams around you
[Chorus]
F G C AmThe sound of The Silver Ages choir all singing “Galway Bay”
C F G CAnd the bells were ringing out for Christmas day
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