Daddy's Drinking Up Our Christmas

 
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A gentle snow came drifting down 
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that falls on skid row too 
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And on the curb there sat a child 
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His little cheeks turned blue 
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He watched the neon cross the way 
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Looked up and said to me 
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Daddy's drinking up our Christmas 
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In that bar across the street 
  
  
 
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In that bar across the street 
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There's a woman Daddy knows 
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And every time it's payday night 
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That's right where Daddy goes 
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I left my Momma cryin' 
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She'll cry herself to sleep 
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Daddy's drinking up our Christmas 
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In that bar across the street 
  
  
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I stood there on the corner 
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A sick man down and sad 
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You see, I'd just been heading to 
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That bar the child described 
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But here's one foolish father 
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That honky tonks won't beat 
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It could have been my son who spoke 
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These words upon the street 
  
  
 
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In that bar across the street 
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There's a woman Daddy knows 
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And every time it's payday night 
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That's right where Daddy goes 
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I left my Momma cryin' 
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She'll cry herself to sleep 
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Daddy's drinking up our Christmas 
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In that bar across the street