Christmas Day (From ”Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus”)

Where in the world

Did you come from, my dear?

Did some mysterious voice

Tell you i'd still be here?



I bought this ticket to Mobile

But i've been stranded all day

PA said the bus broke down

Ten miles away

From the station



So seldom a door

So seldom a key

So seldom a lock

Like the love

Between you and me

But seldom come happiness

Without the pain

But the Devil in the details

Since I saw the smile on your face

As I was crying

In the Greyhound Station

On Christmas Day

In Nineteen-Nintey Eight

Face as I was crying

In the Greyhound Station

On Christmas Day

Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey



The burden of love is

The fuel of bad grammar

You stutter and stammer

What a bitch to convey



The crooks of the matter

On the words you must utter

Are hopelessly dangled

In the memories and scars you show no one



So seldom a door

So seldom a key

So seldom a hit

Like the hurt you put on me

But seldom comes happiness

Without the pain

A Devil in the details

Since I saw the smile on your face

As I was crying

In the Greyhound Station

On Christmas Day

In Nineteen-Ninety Eight

Face as I was crying

In the Greyhound Station

On Christmas Day

Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey

Eyy...



(In Nineteen-Ninety Eight)



(In Nineteen-Ninety Eight)



(In Nineteen-Ninety Eight)



I remember quite clearly

A bad music version

Of James Taylor's big hit

Called "Fire & Rain"



Was playing as you crouched down

Tearfully kissed me

And I thought down what good fiction

I would move from this terrible pain



So seldom a door

Seldom a key

Seldom a gift

Like the gift you gave me

But seldom comes happiness

Without the pain

A Devil in the details

Since I saw the smile on your face

As I was crying

In the Greyhound Station

On Christmas Day

Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey-ey

Face as I was crying

In the Greyhound Station

On Christmas Day

Hey-ey-yeah...

Amazing Grace

How sweet the smile

Upon the face

I never thought

I'd see you again

Especially here

In this Greyhound Station



(Greyhound Station)



Christmas Day



(Greyhound Station

On Christmas Day)



In Nineteen-Ninety Eight



(Christmas Day)



Nineteen-Ninety Eight



(In Nineteen-Ninety Eight)



Christmas Day...



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