{"id":646,"date":"2018-12-25T15:04:02","date_gmt":"2018-12-25T14:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.timmyschenk.com\/?p=646"},"modified":"2021-12-21T15:19:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T14:19:22","slug":"happy-christmas-your-arse-i-pray-god-its-our-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.timmyschenk.com\/en\/happy-christmas-your-arse-i-pray-god-its-our-last\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Christmas your arse, I pray god it’s our last!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In terms of religion, Christmas doesn’t mean a lot to me. But regarding poetry and music it’s the day one of the most inspiring artist I know was born. Spend my teens listening to his songs, and they gave me the love for words and melodies, a love that will remain etched on my soul for ever.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was Christmas Eve babe<\/em>
\nIn the drunk tank<\/em>
\nAn old man said to me, won’t see another one<\/em>
\nAnd then he sang a song<\/em>
\nThe Rare Old Mountain Dew<\/em>
\nI turned my face away<\/em>
\nAnd dreamed about you<\/em><\/p>\n

Got on a lucky one<\/em>
\nCame in eighteen to one<\/em>
\nI’ve got a feeling<\/em>
\nThis year’s for me and you<\/em>
\nSo happy Christmas<\/em>
\nI love you baby<\/em>
\nI can see a better time<\/em>
\nWhen all our dreams come true<\/em><\/p>\n

They’ve got cars big as bars<\/em>
\nThey’ve got rivers of gold<\/em>
\nBut the wind goes right through you<\/em>
\nIt’s no place for the old<\/em>
\nWhen you first took my hand<\/em>
\nOn a cold Christmas Eve<\/em>
\nYou promised me<\/em>
\nBroadway was waiting for me<\/em><\/p>\n

You were handsome<\/em>
\nYou were pretty<\/em>
\nQueen of New York City<\/em>
\nWhen the band finished playing<\/em>
\nThey howled out for more<\/em>
\nSinatra was swinging,<\/em>
\nAll the drunks they were singing<\/em>
\nWe kissed on a corner<\/em>
\nThen danced through the night<\/em><\/p>\n

The boys of the NYPD choir<\/em>
\nWere singing “Galway Bay”<\/em>
\nAnd the bells were ringing out<\/em>
\nFor Christmas day<\/em><\/p>\n

You’re a bum<\/em>
\nYou’re a punk<\/em>
\nYou’re an old slut on junk<\/em>
\nLying there almost dead on a drip in that bed<\/em>
\nYou scumbag, you maggot<\/em>
\nYou cheap lousy faggot<\/em>
\nHappy Christmas your arse<\/em>
\nI pray God it’s our last<\/em><\/p>\n

The boys of the NYPD choir<\/em>
\nStill singing “Galway Bay”<\/em>
\nAnd the bells were ringing out<\/em>
\nFor Christmas day<\/em><\/p>\n

I could have been someone<\/em>
\nWell so could anyone<\/em>
\nYou took my dreams from me<\/em>
\nWhen I first found you<\/em>
\nI kept them with me babe<\/em>
\nI put them with my own<\/em>
\nCan’t make it all alone<\/em>
\nI’ve built my dreams around you<\/em><\/p>\n

The boys of the NYPD choir<\/em>
\nStill singing “Galway Bay”<\/em>
\nAnd the bells are ringing out<\/em>
\nFor Christmas day<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

#christmas<\/a><\/span> #fairytaleofnewyork<\/a><\/span> #pogues<\/a><\/span> #shanemacgowan<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In terms of religion, Christmas doesn’t mean a lot to me. But regarding poetry and music it’s the day one of the most inspiring artist I know was born. Spend my teens listening to his songs, and they gave me the love for words and melodies, a love that will remain etched on my soul […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"In terms of religion, Christmas doesn't mean a lot to me. But regarding poetry and music it's the day one of the most inspiring artist I know was born. His songs gave me the love for words and melodies, a love that will remain etched on my soul for ever."},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.timmyschenk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.timmyschenk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.timmyschenk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.timmyschenk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.timmyschenk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.timmyschenk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":856,"href":"http:\/\/www.timmyschenk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions\/856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.timmyschenk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.timmyschenk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.timmyschenk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}