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

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 and 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 slut on junk
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
You scumbag, you maggot
You cheap lousy blagget
Happy Christmas, your arse, I pray God it's our last
The boys of the NYPD choir still singing "Galway Bay"
And the bells are 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 still singing "Galway Bay"
And the bells are ringing out for Christmas day