Where's it gonna end, when's it gonna stop?
Or at least slow down so maybe I can get off
My world's tied to the tickin' of a time clock
If my life was a dance, it'd be 'The Blue Collar Rock'
Elvis was king when I was a kid
Rock was a thing that Chuck Berry did
Now that I'm older an' slower an' tired
My life is certified, 'Solid rock hard'
Where's it gonna end, when's it gonna stop?
Or at least slow down so maybe I can get off
My world's tied to the tickin' of a time clock
If my life was a dance, it'd be 'The Blue Collar Rock'
I could've been a contender, I never got the chance
I might've been a dancer, never learned to dance
I could've won the game, I just never got the cards
My life is certified, 'Solid rock hard'
Where's it gonna end, when's it gonna stop?
Or at least slow down so maybe I can get off
My world's tied to the tickin' of a time clock
If my life was a dance, it'd be 'The Blue Collar Rock'
Where's it gonna end, when's it gonna stop?
Or at least slow down so maybe I can get off
My world's tied to the tickin' of a time clock
If my life was a dance, it'd be 'The Blue Collar Rock'
My world's tied to the tickin' of a time clock
I'll be swingin' home for Christmas
I'll be swingin' home to you
Don't you worry, have no fear
Count on me, I'll be there
I'll be swingin' home for Christmas this year
Well I've been all the way
From the San Francisco Bay to New York, to Hollywood
But no matter where I roam Oklahoma is my home
I'll be swingin' home like a Tulsa boy should
I'll be swingin' home for Christmas
I'll be swingin' home to you
Don't you worry, have no fear
Count on me, I'll be there
I'll be swingin' home for Christmas this year
I've been workin' nine to five, tryin' to survive
But I think I got myself a better plan
Told my boss he could stick it
Packed my bags, bought a ticket
I'll be swingin' home as fast as I can
I'll be swingin' home for Christmas
I'll be swingin' home to you
Don't you worry, have no fear
Count on me, I'll be there
Santa Clause is coming
In a boogie, woogie, choo, choo, train
Santa's been checkin'
Checkin' all around the world
Wants to know what's goin' on
With every single boy and girl
Said, Great gosh, Almighty
Much to my surprise
Nobody's been naughty
Everybody's been nice
Now Santa likes to boogie
Santa likes to dance
Santa likes to rock it
Likes to go real fast
Santa likes to ride
In a boogie, woogie, choo, choo, train
Santa's got the elves workin'
Workin' overtime
He's doubled up production
On the toy production line
He says there's too much stuff
This year to carry in the sleigh
Got to get a better plan
Got to find a better way
We got toys for the boys
And they're all over the place
Got 'em stacked in the ceiling
Gotta stick it in your face
He says that this year
We're gonna take the boogie woogie
Choo choo train
Santa Claus is comin'
Santa Claus is comin'
Santa Claus is comin'
In a boogie, woogie, choo, choo, train
We got toys for the boys
And they're all over the place
Got 'em stacked in the ceiling
Gotta stick it in your face
Sants Claus is coming
In a boogie, woogie, choo, choo, train
Rudolph says, wait a minute
What about me?
Don't leave me sittin' all alone
At home on Christmas Eve
Santa said no way, man
We gotta have your nose
To show us all the way
To show us where to go
We got Dasher and Dancer
And Prancer and Vixen
Comet and Cupid
Donner and Blitzen
We all goin' ridin' in a
Boogie, woogie, choo, choo, train
Santa Claus is comin'
Santa Claus is comin'
Santa Claus is comin'
In a boogie, woogie, choo, choo, train
We got toys for the boys
And they're all over the place
Got 'em stacked in the ceiling
Gotta stick it in your face
You know Santa Claus is comin'
In a boogie, woogie, choo, choo, train
Santa Claus is comin'
Santa Claus is comin'
Santa Claus is comin'
In a boogie, woogie, choo, choo, train
We got toys for the boys
And they're all over the place
Got 'em stacked in the ceiling
Gotta stick it in your face
You know Santa Claus is comin'
In a boogie, woogie, choo, choo, train
Santa Claus is comin'
Hang on your holly berries, put up the tree
Love to see you shake it in red and green
We?ll be rockin? this Christmas
We?ll be rockin? this Christmas
We?ll be rockin? this Christmas
Well, into New Years Eve
Turn out the lights now, call the law
Me and you, baby, gonna go deck the halls
We?ll be rockin? this Christmas
We?ll be rockin? this Christmas
We?ll be rockin? this Christmas
Well, into New Years Eve
Rockin? this Christmas
Rockin? this Christmas
We?ll be rockin? this Christmas
Well, into New Years Eve
Before too long, we will be feelin? no pain
We?ll be flyin? like a jet powered air-e-oplane
Before too long, we will be feelin? no pain
We?ll be flyin? like a jet powered air-e-oplane
We gonna let it all go, shove it over the line
You show me yours and I?ll show you mine
We?ll be rockin? this Christmas
We?ll be rockin? this Christmas
We?ll be rockin? this Christmas
Well, into New Years Eve
Rockin? this Christmas
We?ll be rockin? this Christmas
We?ll be rockin? this Christmas
Well, into New Years Eve
Rockin? this Christmas
Rockin? this Christmas
We?ll be rockin? this Christmas
Well, into New Years Eve
We?ll be rockin? this Christmas
Well, into New Years Eve
We?ll be rockin? this Christmas
Well, into New Years Eve
Rockin? this Christmas
Rockin? this Christmas
Rockin? this Christmas
I've had enough of chasin' rainbows
And dreams that never do come true
I've had enough of broken hearts
But honey, I can't get enough of you
I've had enough of bills and taxes
I can't get ahead, no matter what I do
I've had enough of workin' my whole life away
But honey, I can't get enough of you
By now it should be clear
I've had it up to here with all kinds of stuff
Honey, you know it's true
Baby, when it comes to you, I can't get enough
Ah, fiddles, yes
Play it pretty, boys, play it pretty now
By now it should be clear
I've had it up to here with all kinds of stuff
Honey, you know it's true
Baby, when it comes to you, I can't get enough
I've had enough of politicians
You can't believe a word they say is true
I've had enough of strangers tellin' me how to live
But honey, I can't get enough of you
Yeah, I've had enough of broken hearts
I've had my share
Why should I say, "Don't worry, be happy"?
To tell the truth I've been worried from the start
You know as well as me, we've got trouble with a capital "T"
Everything we got is fallin' apart
We've got a nineteen-seventy Cadillac sittin' in the driveway
If it had new tires, new shocks, new brakes, it still wouldn't start
If it ain't one thing, it seems like ten
Ain't had no lovin' since I don't know when
Everything we got is fallin' apart, so
Why should I say, "Don't worry, be happy"?
To tell the truth I've been worried from the start
You know as well as me, we've got trouble with a capital "T"
Everything we got is fallin' apart
Every time I think you really, truly love me
You do your number on my head and on my heart
You've always got a reason to tell me "No"
Too early, too late, too fast, too slow
Everything we got is fallin' apart
Why should I say, "Don't worry, be happy"?
To tell the truth I've been worried from the start
Honey, you know as well as me, we've got trouble with a capital "T"
Everything we got is fallin' apart
Everything we got is fallin' apart
Everything we got is fallin' apart
Why should I say, "Don't worry, be happy"?
To tell the truth I've been worried from the start
Honey, you know as well as me, we've got trouble with a capital "T"
Everything we got is fallin' apart
Everything we got is fallin' apart
Doreen, long and lean
Strangest girl I've ever seen
Calls me names and treats me mean
But I'm prumb clazy 'bout Doreen
Doreen's got a thing
About movie stars and limousines
Says I'm her very own James Dean
I'm prumb clazy 'bout Doreen
Doreen, Doreen
Doreen, seventeen
Tight sweaters and blue jeans
When she walks, she's obscene
I'm prumb clazy 'bout Doreen
Alright
Doreen, long and lean
Strangest girl I've ever seen
Calls me names and treats me mean
But I'm prumb clazy 'bout Doreen
Baby likes to rock it like a boogie woogie choo choo train, train, train
Oh look here, rock it
Boogie woogie choo choo train
You know she likes to take me dancin' on the outskirts of town
Where the music's turned up and the lights are turned down
Shakin', shakin', shakin' on the dance, dance floor
Crowd, crowd screamin', screamin' more, more, more
Got the boogie woogie woogie spread all over the place
She's got it stacked to the ceilin', got it stickin' in your face
Ya know my baby likes to rock it like a boogie woogie choo choo train
Johnny's in the back room suckin' on his gin
Police are at the front door screamin' let me in
Go, go, go, go dancer's busy showin' off her chest
She don't know what she's doin' but she tries to do her best
She got the boogie woogie woogie spread all over the place
She's got it stacked to the ceilin', got it stickin' in your face
Ya know my baby likes to rock it like a boogie woogie choo choo train
Baby likes to rock it, baby likes to rock it
Baby likes to rock it like a boogie woogie choo choo train
She got the boogie woogie woogie spread all over the place
She's got it stacked to the ceilin', got it stickin' in your face
Ya know my baby likes to rock it like a boogie woogie choo choo train
She said her name was Emergency and asked to see my gun
Said her telephone number was 911
Got brother Jimmy on the TV, Killer on the stereo
She said, "If you want to get it you got to let it go"
She got the boogie woogie woogie spread all over the place
She's got it stacked to the ceilin', got it stickin' in your face
Ya know my baby likes to rock it like a boogie woogie choo choo train
Baby likes to rock it, baby likes to rock it
Baby likes to rock it like a boogie woogie choo choo train
She got the boogie woogie woogie spread all over the place
She's got it stacked to the ceilin', got it stickin' in your face
Ya know my baby likes to rock it like a boogie woogie choo choo train
Baby likes to rock it, baby likes to rock it
Baby likes to rock it like a boogie woogie choo choo train
She got the boogie woogie woogie spread all over the place
She's got it stacked to the ceilin', got it stickin' in your face
Ya know my baby likes to rock it like a boogie woogie choo choo train
Yeah, my baby likes to rock it like a boogie woogie choo choo train
(The pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue)
Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue
Wrap you presents to your darling from you
Pretty pencils to write "I love you"
Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue
Crowded street, busy feet hustle by him
Downtown shoppers, Christmas is nigh
There he sits all alone on the sidewalk
Hoping that you won't pass him by
Should you stop? Better not, much too busy
You're in a hurry, my how times does fly
In the distance the ringing of laughter
And in the midst of the laughter he cries
Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue
Wrap you presents to your darling from you
Pretty pencils to write "I love you"
Well I don't know, But I've been told
There's something goin' on at the North Pole
Santa and his elves at a factoy
Dancin' around the world's biggest Christmas tree
They're doin' the Santa Claus boogie
It's the Santa Claus boogie
You've got to take some time to believe in Santa Claus
My uncle Henry's got a bad back
When he tries to walk, you hear him pop and crack
But at Christmas time, the spirit sets him free
He jumps and hollers... Doin' the Santa Claus boogie
It's the Santa Claus boogie
It's the Santa Claus boogie
You've got to take some time to believe in Santa Claus
I knew an indian girl... she was way too young
She liked to talk dirty in her native tongue
You've never seen nobody shake and shimmy
Like an indian dancer doin' the Santa Claus boogie
It's the Santa Claus boogie
It's the Santa Claus boogie
It's Christmas Eve and the town is shakin'
I'm all alone and my heart is breakin'
It's so lonely here without you
All my gifts are wrapped in Christmas Blue
Maybe someday there will be
Another merry Christmas for me
But until then, I'll dream of you
I'm goin' back to the country
'Cause I can't pay my rent
I may not be completely broke
But brother I'm badly bent
I don't understand
Where the money went
I'm not broke
But I'm badly bent
They warned me about the city
About the city life
But I thought I knew everything
I took no one's advice
Now I don't know where
All the money went
I might not be broke
But I'm badly bent
I am just a country boy
Tryin' to make some sense
But I'd like to ask the congress
I'd like to ask the president
Can you tell me where
All the money went
We might not be broke
But we're badly bent
Between the telephone, gas and electric bills...
Car payment and the rent
Give it everything I got
Can't seem to make a dent
I don't understand
Where the money went
I'm not broke
But I'm badly bent
Can you tell my where
All the money went
I might not be broke
He wears big black boots custom made
Red rock and roll suit Hollywood shades
He's the boogie woogie boogie woogie
Boogie woogie Santa Claus
Well I mean what I mean
He's the boogie woogie Santa Claus
Now he digs that music with a beat
Rock and Rollin' is his meat (treat)
He's the boogie woogie boogie woogie
Boogie woogie Santa Claus
Well I mean what I mean
He's the boogie woogie Santa Claus
Every Christmas Eve he comes to town
Plays the jukebox Lets his hair on down
He's the boogie woogie boogie woogie
Boogie woogie Santa Claus
Well you dig what I mean
He's the boogie woogie Santa Claus
Let it roll!
He drives a hot rod sled with the cool reindeer
Fly so high and fast that they disappear
He's the boogie woogie boogie woogie
Boogie woogie Santa Claus
Well I mean what I mean
He's the boogie woogie Santa Claus
He's up every mornin' bout half past five
Likes to Rock and Roll cause it keeps you alive
He's the boogie woogie boogie woogie
Boogie woogie Santa Claus
Well I mean what I mean
He's the boogie woogie Santa Claus
Now when he dances, the kids hang around
They dig Mr. Santa cause he really goes to town
He's the boogie woogie boogie woogie
Boogie woogie Santa Claus
Well you dig what I mean
Comb your hair and paint and powder
You act proud and I'll act prouder
You sing loud and I'll sing louder
Tonight we're settin' the woods on fire
You're my gal and i'm your feller
Dress up in your frock of "yeller"
I'll look swell but you'll look sweller
Settin' the woods on fire
We'll take in all the honky tonks
Tonight we're havin' fun
We'll show the folks a brand new dance
That never has been done
I don't care who thinks we're silly
You be daffy and I'll be dilly
We'll order up two bowls of chili
Settin' the woods on fire
I'll gas up my hot rod stoker
We'll get hotter than a poker
You'll be broke but I'll be broker
Tonight we're settin' the woods on fire
We'll sit close to one another
Up one street and down the other
We'll have us a time oh brother
Settin' the woods on fire
We'll put aside a little time
To fix a flat or two
My tires and tubes are doin' fine
But the air is showin' through
You clap hands and I'll start bowin'
We'll do all the law's allowin'
Tomorrow I'll be right back plowin'
All across the south...
They've got the boogie bands that sound so fine
On both coasts they've got the record company machines
Turnin' out hits on an assembly line
But in the heart of America... we've got the beat
That's guaranteed to tap your toes
Oklahoma's got the Tulsa shuffle...
And this am the way it goes...
Up north in Chicago...
You('ve) got your authentic blues bands
And way down yonder in New Orleans...
They got a thing they call Dixieland
All around this whole wide world...
There's one thing that everybody knows
All God's children love the Tulsa shuffle...
And this am the way it goes...
I love England--I love the Beatles
The who and the rolling stones
I love Nashville country and Texas Tex-Mex
And Cajun and Motown soul
But in the heart of America... we got the beat
That's guaranteed to tap your toes
Oklahoma's got the Tulsa shuffle
Workin' man tired of workin' workin' till he's dead
Got to crawl a crooked mile just to get a step ahead
Banker got the money farmer put it in the ground
Banker goin' uptown farmer goin' down
It's a do si do and tip of the hat
One step forward and two steps back
Great gosh a mighty we're doin' the Poor Boy Shuffle
It's an age old dance ain't nothin' new
Damned if you don't damned if you do
Left side right side upside down
Do the hokey pokey turn yourself around
Do si do and tip of the hat...
Sometimes you just got to take a chance
Strike a pose take a stance
And get off your butt and dance
One step two step three step four
Do a boogie woogie in the middle of the floor
Keep on dancin' doin' the Poor Boy Shuffle
[ guitar ]
Taxman Taxman knockin' at the door
Gimme all you got to give then gimme gimme a little more
It's a bad boogaloo it's the ultimate hustle
It's a dance marathon it's the Poor Boy Shuffle
Do si do and tip of the hat...
Sometimes you just got to take a chance...
Do si do and tip of the hat...
Do si do and tip of the hat...
[ piano ]
You got to keep on keep on keep on
You got to keep on keep on keep on
Mary’s Baby
Bleeding Lamb
Prince of Peace
The Great I Am I Am
God Almighty
Two-edged sword
Mary’s Baby
My Sweet Lord
God so loved the world
He gave his Son
Born this day
On Christmas morn
Mary’s Baby
Bleeding Lamb
Prince of Peace
The Great I Am I Am
Solid Rock
On which I stand
Mary’s Baby
Son of Man
Peace on Earth
Good will to men
Born this day
In Bethlehem
Mary’s Baby
Son of Man
Word of Truth
The Great I Am That I Am
God Almighty
Two-edged sword
Mary’s Baby
My Sweet Lord
Away in a manger
On a bed of hay
The Son of Man
Born this day
Mary’s Baby
Bleeding Lamb
Prince of Peace
The Great I Am I Am
Solid Rock
On which I stand
Mary’s Baby
Son of Man
Son of God
Son of Man
Son of David
Son of Abraham
All these things
Shall come to pass
The Beginning and The End
The First and The Last
Son of the Father
Son of the Most High
Bright and Morning Star
The Way, The Truth, The Life
Mary’s Baby
Bleeding Lamb
Prince of Peace
The Great I Am I Am
God Almighty
Two-edged sword
Mary’s Baby
Somebody get the doctor on the phone
I got a funny feeling won't leave me alone
Girl it's a crime what you do to me nine eleven emergency
I got the temperature a hundred and four
Hurt so good scream and holler for more
Baby it's a crime what you do to me nine eleven emergency
Give me a pill give me a shot
I got the chills and I'm burning up hot
Stomach's turning bout to regurgitate
Nine-one-one me babe before it's too late
Diagnosis got to get help fast one more boogie might be my last
But I gots to do it what can I say nine eleven haul me away
[ sax ]
Give me a pill give me a shot...
Girl it's a crime what you do to me nine eleven emergency
Somebody said that Eddy called the local police
I saw the panic in your face saw you get down on your knees
Saw your lips movin' didn't know what you were sayin'
Didn't know if you were beggin' didn't know if you were prayin'
Heard the crowd start to rumble heard the bells start to ring
Saw the sky open up heard the fat lady sing
We're goin' foot stomp stompin' we're goin' foot stomp stompin'
When the spirit starts movin' gets you out of your seat
Get the whole dang crowd start stompin' their feet
The Salvation Army band marched in single file
I thought you just might lose it though I thought I saw a smile
Couldn't tell if you were jokin' couldn't get the story straight
Did a dance we like to call the new age bop hallucinate
Played an old Buck Owens record never ever seen it fail
Got the hungrys for your love tiger by the tail
We're goin' foot stomp stompin'...
You know I love you baby don't know why you act so strange
Somebody said that Eddy said you got to make a change
Don't know why you be so mean don't know why you be so crude
You know I love you baby love to see you in the mood
Love to see you work the crowd love to see you take a chance
Love to see you shake it love to see you dance
[ guitar ]
The music's gettin' loud the joint's completely packed
The band is in the groove got the boogie woogie stacked
Eddy's got the mic-screams I wanna take you higher
Drinkin' double boiler makers gone completely haywire
You you you you make me stutter BB baby baby please
Half dressed quotin' scripture singin' Bringing In The Sheaves
We're goin' foot stomp stompin'...
You can take my ring off your finger
You can go out and paint the whole town
Well go do what you will you are my baby still
Don't ever take my picture down
Let it hang let it hang in the corner
To remind you that I'll be around
Cause when I'm feeling blue I'm coming home to you
Don't ever take my picture down
[ steel - piano - fiddle - sax ]
You can swim like a fish in the ocean
You can jump like a frog on the ground
But you can't mend a heart that's been broken apart
Don't ever take my picture down
You can use up all the grease that's in the kitchen
You can go buy some more by the pound
But true love's not like lard and you'll find it is hard
So don't ever take my picture down
Let it hang let it hang in the corner
To remind you that I'll be around
Cause when I'm feeling blue I'm coming home to you
Don't ever take my picture down
[ sax - steel ]
Let it hang let it hang in the corner...
Well go do what you will you are my baby still
Christmas, Christmas, Christmas
Well it's Christmas time pretty baby
And the snow is fallin' on the ground
Well it's Christmas time pretty baby
And the snow is fallin' down
Well you be a real good little baby
Santa Claus is back in town
Got no sleigh with reindeer
No sack on my back
You gonna see me comin'
In a big black Cadillac
Whoa it's Christmas time pretty baby
And the snow is fallin' on the ground
Well you be a real good little baby
Santa Claus is back in town
Christmas, Christmas, Christmas
Hang up your pretty stockings
Turn off the light
Santa Claus is comin'
Down your chimney tonight
Whoa it's Christmas time pretty baby
And the snow is fallin' on the ground
Well you be a real good little baby
Santa Claus is back in town
She got a candy red Cadillac Coupe DeVille
Great big house on a great big hill
Big time needs big time friends
She wear you flat out then start all over again
She's a fast girl
She got a high tone way of gettin' real low down
Sometime she screams sometime she don't make a sound
She got homegrown tomatoes ripe on the vine
Gently takes your hand then drags you over the line
She's a fast girl you can see it in her face
In the way she moves she's all over the place
Body in motion brain in a whirl no bout a doubt it she's a fast girl
[ horns ]
She got big red lips she give real good phone
Big pointed breasts filled with silicone
Never automatic she got manual drive
Know how to crash and burn and come through alive
She's a fast girl
[ horns ]
Martinis and the smell of cigar smoke
Hangin' in the air till you're ready to choke
On life itself future and past
As long as it's big as long as it's fast
She's a fast girl
She's a midwest fundemental grew up in church
A Catholic girl on a lifelong search
For some kind of meaning that's big and fast
She's a fast girl you can see it in her face
In the way she moves she's all over the place
Body in motion brain in a whirl no bout a doubt it she's a fast girl
No bout a doubt it she's a fast girl
Shortenin' shortenin' shortenin' bread
Shortenin' shortenin' shortenin' bread
Boy got the shakes don't know why
Every little thing make the poor boy cry
Mama call the doctor doctor done said
Boy done need himself some shortenin' bread
Mama's little baby loves shortenin' shortenin'
Mama's little baby loves shortenin' bread
Shortenin' shortenin' shortenin' bread
Moses and the Children of Israel
Wanderin' in the desert tryin' to do God's will
Tired and hungry almost dead
God sent down some shortenin' bread
Mama's little baby loves shortenin' shortenin'
All God's children love shortenin' bread
Shortenin' shortenin' shortenin' bread
Ain't no way to tell you baby what you mean to me
Give me just a taste of your love set me free
[ piano ]
Shortenin' shortenin' shortenin' bread
Shortenin' shortenin' shortenin' bread
Ain't no way to tell you baby what you mean to me...
Ain't nothin' sweeter nothin' so fine
Sweet like honey and red red wine
Great gosh a mighty full speed ahead
Take a big bite of shortenin' bread
Mama's little baby loves shortenin' shortenin'
Mama's little baby loves shortenin' bread
Mama's little baby loves shortenin' shortenin'
All God's children love shortenin' bread
Shortenin' shortenin' shortenin' bread
Why don't we take all the city-slick bankers
And put 'em on John Deere tractors in the summer sun
And sit back and watch 'em sweat
You can bet all the wheat in Oklahoma they'll get...
A different attitude before the plowin's done
It's true for you and it's true for me
You don't need to be smart to see
You've got to be bigger than yesterday...
Just to keep from gettin' behind
The little man is gettin' smaller all of the time
Why don't we take all the IRS boys
And watch 'em try to make a livin' from the family store
When the big chain moves in down the block
There ain't no room for the "mom and pop"
And all across this land, they're closin' their doors
(and you know that's true)
I wrote it for you and i wrote it for me
You don't need to look too hard to see
You've got to make more than the year before
Just to keep from gettin' behind
And the little man is gettin' smaller all of the time
Yeah the little man is gettin' smaller all of the time
Why don't we take all the politicians
And make 'em spend a night with the homeless out in the street
Maybe they'd understand
We've got to start to lend a helpin' hand
It's the little man that made this country great
Well it's true for you and it's true for me
You don't need to be smart to see
You('ve) got to be bigger than yesterday
Just to keep from gettin' behind
The little man is gettin' smaller all of the time
(that's right--you know...)
The little man is gettin' smaller all of the time
Come, they told me
Pa, rum, pa, pum, pum
A newborn king to see
Pa, rum, pa, pum, pum
Our finest gifts we bring
Pa, rum, pa, pum, pum
To lay before the king
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So to honor him
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When we come
Little baby
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I am a poor boy, too
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I have no gift to bring
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That's fit
To give a king
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Shall I play for you
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On my drum
Yoi da adash
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The ass
And lamb kept time
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I played my drum for him
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I played my best for him
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Then he smiled at me
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Out of all the reindeers—You know you're the mastermind
Run run Rudolph—Santa's way too far behind
Run run Rudolph—Santa's gotta make it to town
Santa make him hurry—Tell him he can take the freeway down
Run run Rudolph 'cause I'm reelin' like a merry go round
Said Santa to a boy child—What have you been longing for?
All I want for Christmas is a rock and roll 'lectric guitar
And then away went Rudolph whizzin' like a shootin' star
Run run Rudolph—Santa has to make it in town
Santa make him hurry—Tell him he can take the freeway down
Run run Rudolph—Reelin' like a merry go round
Solo
Run run Rudolph—Santa's got to make it in town
Santa make him hurry—Tell him he can take the freeway down
Run run Rudolph—I'm reelin' like a merry go round
Said Santa to a girl child—What would please you most to get?
A little baby doll that can cry, sleep, drink, and wet
And then away went Rudolph whizzin' like a Sabre jet
Run run Rudolph—Santa's gotta make it to town
Santa make him hurry—Tell him he can take the freeway down
Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer
Shined up his reindeer shoes
Put on a digital mix of his favorite tunes
Needed to hear a little Rhythm & Blues
Did a 4-step dance called The Reindeer Shuffle
Looked up at the open sky
He said I've waited all year for this one special night
Rudolph is ready to fly!
Ready for the big night big night
Santa Claus is comin' to town
All over the world
Every boy and girl's
Heads are spinning round and round and round
It's the big night big night
Jolly Old Saint Nick and Mrs. Santa
Woke up with the morning light
Santa checked his list & checked it twice
Making sure everything was just right
Mrs. Claus put on a pot of hot chocolate
And laid out the famous red suit
Joey Jo Jo Junior Santa's favorite elf
Shined up the big black boots
Getting' ready for the big night big night
Santa Claus is comin' to town
All over the world
Every boy and girl's
Heads are spinning round and round and round
It's the big night big night
Once upon a time, we believe
Long ago and far away
A brand new mother laid her brand new baby
On a bed of freshly cut hay
Her heart was filled with wonder
And a sense of pure delight
As the heavens cried out with a mighty shout
This is The Big Night Big Night
It's the big night big night
Christmas is comin' to town
All over the world
Every boy and girl's
Heads are spinning round and round and round
It's the big night big night
Yeah it's the big night big night
Santa Claus is comin' to town
All over the world
Every boy and girl's
Heads are spinning round and round and round
It's the big night big night
Snow is falling on the ground
They're lighting up the trees in town
Christmas is comin'
Christmas is comin'
Christmas is comin'
Children sit on Santa's knee
Tell him 'bout the things they need
Christmas is comin'
Christmas is comin'
Christmas is comin'
Peace and love shall reign
Over all the earth
Christmas carols proclaim Jesus' holy birth
Presents underneath the tree
Gather with the family
Christmas is comin'
Christmas is comin'
Bells are ringing
Ringing ever clear
Calling to one and all
Christmas is almost here
The bells are ringing
For the holy day
Joys of the waiting heart
Christmas bells display
Chiming and singing
Ding dong, ding dong
Merrily ringing
Ding dong ding
Bells are ringing
Ringing ever clear
Calling to one and all
Christmas time is here
Chiming and singing
Ding dong, ding dong
Merrily ringing
Ding dong ding
Bells are ringing
Ringing ever clear
Calling to one and all
Christmas time is here
Calling to one and all
My daddy said son put your guitar down
We gotta build some fence... gotta plow some ground
I told my daddy, "try and understand..."
"This John Deere tractor don't fit my plan..."
And I hit the road
Chasin' down a dream
And I need a little help
I'm tryin' to get to New Orleans
Sidetracked up in Illinois
I'm not that smart... I'm an innocent boy
She called me baby... she called me honey...
She called a cab and took away my money
On the road again
Somewhere south of Moline
And I need a little help
You see I'm tryin' to get to New Orleans
Don't know why... I gotta go
If I don't try I'll never know
About e'touffe and Cajun queens
I need a little help
You see I'm tryin' to get to New Orleans
Hocked my watch... bought a burger and fries
Tried to pretend it was red beans and rice
Midnight in Memphis... hello to Graceland
Next stop... Louisiana
And I'm on the road
Chasin' down a dream
And I need a little help
You see I'm tryin' to get to New Orleans
I need a little help
You see I'm tryin' to get to New Orleans
I'm just an old poor boy
Chasin' down a dream
And I need a little help
There's snow on the ground
And no rooms in town
Nowhere for spendin' the night
Except and old shed
With hay for a bed
And Mary she says that's all right
Joseph don't like it
His Mary's with child
What if this is the night she gives birth
But when he has nothin'
A man comes to see
Just how much a little is worth
The trip's been a hard one
They crossed the courtyard
To a barn at the back of the Inn
They lay down to sleep
Among cattle and sheep
And wait for this night to begin
Now she sees he's worried
With love in her eyes...
She reaches out and touches his face
She says a barn is a mansion
If its walls shelter love
For some reason God has chosen this place
The baby's arrival
Fills up the night
And the light from a beautiful star
Lights up the darkness
So gloriously bright
And shines down on the world near and far
And directly below it
As if on a string
This shelter of such humble design
Givin' warmth and protection
To the child Jesus Christ
Have you heard the news about old St. Nick?
For the first time ever Santa got sick
Call the doctor Doctor said
Santa Claus go straight to bed
Panic quickly turned into fear
Who's gonna drive the sleigh this year?
Santa say there's only one man
Who can do this job half as good as I can
Only one man that's in the zone
Get Bo Diddley on the telephone
Hey Bo Diddley
Santa say Hey Bo, have you heard?
Bo say no say what's the word?
Santa say Bo I'm feelin' down
Must have caught somethin' that's goin' around
My head is spinnin' and I got the shakes
But we can't miss Christmas whatever it takes
There's only one way to do it right
Bo Diddley will you drive my sleigh tonight?
Bo Diddley he don't hesitate
He said I'm ready, willin', able, & I'm feelin' great
Hey Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley Bo Diddley Santa Claus
Givin' it all for the Christmas cause
Bo Diddley Bo Diddley where you been
All around the world and back again
Bo Diddley spreading Christmas joy
To every good little girl and boy
Now there's a brand new rhythm from the reindeer feet
Rudolph groovin' to the Bo Diddley beat
On Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen
On Comet and Cupid and Donder and Blitzen
I'm gonna give you thirty days to get back home
I've been talkin' to the gypsy woman on the telephone
She's gonna send out a world wide hoodoo
That'd be the very thing that'll suit you
I'm gonna see that you'll be back home in thirty days
Oh thirty days
Oh thirty days
Gonna see that you'll be back home in thirty days
Gonna send out a worldwide hoodoo
Be the very thing that'll suit you
Gonna see that you'll be back home in thirty days
I've been talkin' to the judge in private early this morning
He done carried me to the sheriff's office to sign a warrant
Gonna put across charges against you
That'll be the very thing that'll send you
I'm gonna see that you'll be back home in thirty days
Oh thirty days
Oh thirty days
Gonna see that you'll be back home in thirty days
Gonna put across charges against you
That'll be the very thing that'll send you
I'm gonna see that you'll be back home in thirty days
If i don't get no satisfaction from the judge
I'm gonna take it to the fbi as a personal grudge
If i don't get no consolation
I'm gonna take it to the united nation
I'm gonna see that you'll be back home in thirty days
Oh thirty days
Oh thirty days
I'm gonna see that you'll be back home in thirty days
If i don't get me no consolation
I'm gonna take it to the united nation
I'll be comin' home for Christmas
Baby you can count on me
Hang a stocking over the fireplace
Decorate the Christmas tree
I'll be comin' home for Christmas
Honey you can bet it's true
I'll be comin' home for Christmas
Baby wanna be by you
Chorus:
Baby wanna be by you
Baby wanna be by you
I'll be comin' home for Christmas
Baby wanna be by you
I'll be comin' home for Christmas
The holidays are gonna be
Full of home and inspiration
The spirit of the child revealed
I wanna see my dear old mama
Wanna see my papa too
I'll be comin' home for Christmas
Baby wanna be by you
Chorus:
Baby wanna be by you
Baby wanna be by you
I'll be comin' home for Christmas
Baby wanna be by you
Goin' down to Louisiana
Got a lot a miles to do
I'll be comin' home for Christmas
Baby wanna be by you
Chorus:
Baby wanna be by you
Baby wanna be by you
I'll be comin' home for Christmas
