Gra De - Shane MacGowan & Máire Brennan

It was Christmas Eve babe In the drunk tank 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 Got on a lucky one 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 Sl*t on junk Lying there almost Dead on a drip In that bed You scum bag You maggot You're cheap and you're haggard Happy Christmas your arse I pray God It's our last The boys of the NYPD choir Were singing 'Galway Bay' And the bells were 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 Were singing 'Galway Bay' And the bells were ringing Out for Christmas Day Na na na na na na Na na na na na na Na na na na na na Na na na na na na Na na na na na na Na na na na na na Na na na na na na Na na na

You fill my sweetest dreams You fill my sleep You fill my heart with love You make my life complete When all is said and done Darling I know you're the one Lying in my lonely bed Thought about you as the moon Listening to the sad songs down below Thought about you as the tune Wish that I could let you know I think about you as the sun So you're everywhere I go My darling I know you're the one The one I long to see To drown myself in you Surround myself safe in your arms Forever Darling I know you're the one Funny how the circle turns Funny how the flame still burns Now that all is said and done Darling I know you're the one Wherever you go I'll always know Darling I know you're the one You're the one Darling I know you're the one

Farewell to you, my own true love There were many fare thee wells I am bound for California A place I know right well So fare thee well, my own true love When I return united we will be It's not the leaving of Liverpool that's grieves me But my darling when I think of thee I have signed on a Yankee Clipper ship Davy Crockett is her name And the Captain's name is Burgess And they say that she's a floating Hell I have sailed with Burgess once before And I think I know him well If a man's a sailor, he can get along If not, then he's sure in Hell Oh the ship is in the harbour, love And I wish I could remain For I know it will be a long, long time Before I see you again