[Verse 1]
            
She walks down

            
 the stairs, f

          
eeling herself
             
Lookin' like s

              
he just won a 

           
court case
            
 He's got a fu

            
nny way of usi

       
ng the same
              
Four chords fo

  
r every song h

e makes
            
He's called Bi

            
ll and he play

       
s with words
       
Like a skill, 

yeah he's pret

ty great
             
He said his of

             
ficial friend 

            
died 'cause of

               
 a fish he ate
             
Yeah, she's ca

             
lled Hannah an

            
d she plays th

    
e Joanna
             
Grade eight bu

              
t she's got no

      
 soul
            
John's obsesse

            
d with fat ass

             
 and he's ten 

           
years old
             
Oh, Dad's an O

             
tis Redding at

            
 a wedding typ

  
е guy
             
With the best 

              
voice you ever

       
 heard
             
He said, "Give

             
 me a date I c

            
an work on, my

              
 heart hurts"


[Chorus]
              
I get home on 

              
the 23rd
             
I'll drive up 

               
on the 23rd


[Verse 2]
             
And I bumped i

             
nto Julie in t

            
he co-op, she 

             
asked how the 

             
family's been
             
I said "Alex i

             
s a sculptor a

           
nd Olivia's be

             
en a vegan sin

       
ce ten
             
While Vin wear

             
s dresses whil

           
st Debbie coal

             
esces in a fle

              
ece that doesn

         
't work"
             
And I'll be gi

             
vin' my chair 

            
to my mum 'cau

             
se her back hu

     
rts


[Chorus]
              
I get home on 

              
the 23rd
             
I'll drive up 

            
on the 23rd (Y

         
eah, yeah)


[Bridge]
             
Now mum's not 

             
a fan of that 

            
line about her

 
 back
             
She said it ma

              
kes her sound 

              
frumpy and old
             
I said, "Woman

           
, you are sixt

             
y-four years o

      
ld"


[Outro]
             
Now, stop the 

             
percussion, I 

            
wanna have a d

  
iscussion
             
And it's Chris

             
tmas so this i

             
s gonna be a n

         
ightmare
             
I just came fo

             
r the stuffin'

            
, not to argue

       
 about nothin'
             
Mark my words


              
I'll be home o

                
n the 23rd
             
Yeah, drive up

                 
 on the 23rd
             
Oh, come home 

           
on the 23rd   

          
   (Yeah)