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derekbart@aol.com (DerekBart) writes:
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There's been been snow covered Christmases,
And ones just of rain,
And smoked hams and warm bread,
And shiny toy trains,
And though they've always been different, 
They've all been the best,
There's one I remember more tenderly than all the rest...


It all began with Uncle Jack
Who made a crack 
And wouldn't take it back.
Dad was drinking, and he got sore.
There was a flash -
Uncle crashed - 
Onto the manger on the floor.

Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas
Shouldn't have given him a gun, gun, gun,
Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas
Look what Daddy has done, done, done,

He put three slugs
Into the neighbors dog
And kicked apart the manger scene.
The plastic baby Jesus
He blew to smithereens.

I can't think about the nine year old
Who won't be seeing ten
Or how he went a-caroling
To the doors of now dead men.

Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas
Shouldn't have given him a gun, gun, gun,
Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas
Look what Daddy has done, done, done.

Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas
Shouldn't have given him a gun, gun, gun,
Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas
Look what Daddy has done, done, done.

O Tanenbaum, O Tanenbaum, wie treu sind deine blater.
O Tanenbaum, O Tanenbaum, die grunst nicht nur in Somerzeit,
Nein auch im Winter wenn es schneit!
O Tanenbaum, O Tanenbaum, wie treu sind deine blater.

Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas
Shouldn't have given him a gun, gun, gun,
Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas
Look what Daddy has done, done, done.

Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas
Shouldn't have given him a gun, gun, gun,
Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas
Look what Daddy has done, done, done.

Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas
Shouldn't have given him a gun, gun, gun,
Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas
Look what Daddy has done, done, done.

Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas
Shouldn't have given him a gun, gun, gun,
Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas
Look what Daddy has done, done, done.

Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas
Shouldn't have given him a gun, gun, gun,
Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas
Look what Daddy has done, done, done.

Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas...

Look what Daddy has done, done, done.

Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas
Shouldn't have given him a gun, gun, gun,
Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas
Look what Daddy has done, done, done.

- Wall of Voodoo,
from the album "Just in Time for Christmas", I.R.S records.

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