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Coal For Christmas

from Old Man Winter, Vol. 4 by Ben Smith

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It's wintertime, it's getting cold
there's only embers in the stove
and ma and pa conspire some design

I'm eight years old and uncontrolled
I'm too wild for the house to hold
I've never met a rule I can abide

Well, I'm getting coal for Christmas
each and every year
but I'm gonna save each square and say my prayers
gonna light them up and watch the show

By the time I'm nine, I've kicked the cat
I've cursed and swore behind their back
and sometimes I don't bother turning round

By the time I'm ten, I steal the keys
I'm as friendly as a swarm of bees
flying from a hole under the ground

Well, I'm getting coal for Christmas
each and every year
but I'm gonna save each square and say my prayers
gonna light them up and watch the show

Now I'm 16, and I'm all bent
A ne'er do well, a malcontent
ma and pa won't look me in the eye

Mama's wine and daddy's beer
That's what I call Christmas cheer
The blinking lights begin to multiply.

Well, I'm getting coal for Christmas
each and every year
but I'm gonna save each square and say my prayers
gonna light them up and watch the show

credits

from Old Man Winter, Vol. 4, released November 13, 2014
Ben Smith-- piano, guitars, vox
Matt Magarahan -- drums

Mixed and recorded at Franklin Pointe
additional recording at Milkboy The Studio
Mastered by Joel Metzler

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Ben Smith West Chester, Pennsylvania

West Chester, PA songwriter Ben Smith's songs sound good in both your front parlor and your back barroom---all Tin Pan Alley piano and a fading choirboy voice.

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