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Thread #158835 Message #4212799
Posted By: GerryM
03-Dec-24 - 03:41 PM
Thread Name: New and Different Christmas songs
Subject: RE: New and Different Christmas songs
Even more different: Christmas in Vidor, by Rodney Crowell.
Lyrics from Genius (missing at least one line, and I won't vouch for the rest)
[Verse 1: Rodney Crowell] It's Christmas in Vidor, eighty-eight degrees The taco stand’s padlocked, Spanish moss hangin' from the trees Flip-flops stickin' to an asphalt road The whole damn town is decorated to implode My lawnmower dies with a cough and a moan Ain’t nothin' around here you'd wanna stick a bow on
[Verse 2: Mary Karr] How'd I wind up down here, you might ask For that story, brother, you're gonna have to pony up cash I planned to leave with a man dressed up like the president But he got him a union card, we never went Pipe fittin' wasn't no fun So he got him a bass boat and he got him a gun He got me a duplex, he got me some kids We was gonna go to AstroWorld but we never did
[Chorus 1: Mary Karr & Rodney Crowell] It's Christmas in Vidor Ain’t it a bitch? It’s Christmas in Vidor [?] itch It's Christmas in Vidor Nowhere to go It’s Christmas in Vidor That's ash, that ain't snow
[Verse 3: Rodney Crowell & Mary Karr] I won't build no snowman, won’t drink no nog Just wander around in a bayou fog Take out the turkey, lay down the grub Fix my face, do the dishes, throw the kids in the tub Spend the late night standin' inside the fridge door Bathed in the green light and hungry for more Back door's wide open; here's what I know The end of that driveway is as far as I'll go
[Chorus 2: Mary Karr & Rodney Crowell] It's Christmas in Vidor Eighty-eight degrees It's Christmas in Vidor Oh, Jesus, please It's Christmas in Vidor Leave me alone It's Christmas in Vidor Just bein' here's gone It's Christmas in Vidor Can't pay the bills It's Christmas in Vidor Just pop a few pills It's Christmas in Vidor My baby girl's due It's Christmas in Vidor Hope it don't look like you
[Outro: Mary Karr & Rodney Crowell] I'll wear the school colors, I'll go to the game I'll take the prom pictures; don't they all look the same? Come Christmas in Vidor this time next year I'll be hopped up and propped up on Prozac and beer