| Blues For Christmas (D. Jacombs)I'm still not entirely sold on the idea of Christmas songs but I figured if John Lennon and Slade did them..... And I had this first line, "Got the blues for Christmas" and the guitar figure that followed it, and it
just wouldn't go away, so I carried that around and tried to work out what happened next for at least a couple of years before I finally discovered the rest of the song. Then we got together with Tracie and I still hadn't written the last verse, so I completely fell off the wagon of artistic integrity with some damn stupid thought of making bucks out of a Christmas single. No sht, Sherlock, we all dream stupid sometimes. So I finished it off with a verse which was sappy and up-beat. The mood
I wanted was bleak melancholy. What a cop-out. One of these days I'll write a depressing last verse - the way it should be. Got the blues for Christmas
Now that you're so far away
Got the blues for Christmas
Any time of year your letters reach me here
But I really want you near round Christmas Got the blues for Christmas
Walking down familiar streets
With all the crowds at Christmas
Friends I see in town all tell me they'll be round
But it only brings me down round Christmas Drinking green Chatreuse on an amber night
At the bottom of an empty week
With a tinsel tree full of fairy lights
And a picture of you looking back at me Ring out the bells for Christms Sending all my love to you
And all is well this Christmas
Though we're far apart you're always in my heart
Ring out the bells for Christmas
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