Fairytale of New York

Listening to the duet the first time you could think it's the typical corny (!!), romantic Christmas song. But having a look on the words you could think... well, find out yourself.
What a crazy song - I love it.

Fairytale of New York


Man: "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"

Woman: "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"

Man: "You were pretty
Queen of New York City
When the band finished playing
They howled out for more"
Woman: "Sinatra was swinging,
All the drunks they were singing
We kissed on a corner
Then danced through the night"

Both: "The boys of the NYPD choir
Were singing 'Galway Bay'
And the bells were ringing out
For Christmas day"

Woman: "You're a bum
You're a punk"
Man: "You're an old slut on junk
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed"
Woman: "You scumbag, you maggot
You cheap lousy faggot
Happy christmas, your arse
I pray God it's our last"

Man: "I could have been someone"
Woman: "Well so could anyone
You took my dreams from me
When I first found you"
Man: "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"

Words&Music by The Pogues (Irish citizens)

Happy Christmas, you... all of you! :)
Chrissy