[Verse]
              
It was Christm

             
as Eve babe, I

      
n the drunktan

k
             
An old man sai

              
d to me, won't

             
 see another o

    
ne  
             
And then he sa

              
ng a song, The

          
 Rare Old Moun

tain Dew 
             
I turned my fa

              
ce away And dr

           
eamed about yo

u
             
Got on a lucky

              
 one Came in e

   
ighteen to one
             
I've got a fee

              
ling This year

       
's for me and 

you
             
So happy Chris

              
tmas, I love y

  
ou baby
             
I can see a be

              
tter time When

             
 all our dream

       
s come true
 
[Verse] 
            
They've got ca

rs
       
Big as bars
            
They've got ri

        
vers of gold
        
But the wind g

oes right thro

ugh you
              
It's no place 

        
for the old
             
When you first

         
 took my hand
             
On a cold Chri

      
stmas Eve
    
You promised m

e
             
Broadway was w

           
aiting for me
         
You were hands

ome
 
You were pretty
              
Queen of New Y

    
ork City
             
When the band 

         
finished playi

ng
             
They howled ou

      
t for more

Sinatra was sw

inging
              
All the drunks

           
 they were sin

ging
             
We kissed on t

   
he corner
             
Then danced th

          
rough the nigh

t
             
The boys of th

       
e NYPD choir
             
Were singing '

       
Galway Bay'
             
And the bells 

     
were ringing
             
Out for Christ

     
mas day
 
[Interlude]
 
 
 
  
 
[Verse] 

You're a bum
         
You're a punk
            
You're an old 

         
slut on junk
             
Living there a

               
lmost dead 
              
on a drip In t

    
hat bed
    
You scum bag
 
You maggot
              
You cheap lous

  
y faggot
             
Happy Christma

       
s your arse
       
I pray God
            
It's our last
 
[Chorus] 
             
The boys of th

       
e NYPD choir
             
Still singing 

        
`Galway Bay`
             
And the bells 

    
are ringing
             
Out for Christ

    
mas Day
 
[Bridge] 
             
I could have b

              
een someone We

             
ll, So could a

nyone
             
You took my dr

              
eams From me w

            
hen I first fo

und you
             
I kept them wi

              
th me babe I p

        
ut them with m

y own
              
Can't make it 

             
all alone I've

              
 built my drea

         
ms around you
 
[Chorus] 
             
The boys of th

       
e NYPD choir
             
Still Singing 

        
`Galway Bay`
             
And the bells 

    
are ringing
             
Out for Christ

    
mas Day