Christmas Day (From ”Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus”)

Where in the world
Did you come from, my dear?
Did some mysterious voice
Tell you i'd still be here?

I bought this ticket to Mobile
But i've been stranded all day
PA said the bus broke down
Ten miles away
From the station

So seldom a door
So seldom a key
So seldom a lock
Like the love
Between you and me
But seldom come happiness
Without the pain
But the Devil in the details
Since I saw the smile on your face
As I was crying
In the Greyhound Station
On Christmas Day
In Nineteen-Nintey Eight
Face as I was crying
In the Greyhound Station
On Christmas Day
Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey

The burden of love is
The fuel of bad grammar
You stutter and stammer
What a bitch to convey

The crooks of the matter
On the words you must utter
Are hopelessly dangled
In the memories and scars you show no one

So seldom a door
So seldom a key
So seldom a hit
Like the hurt you put on me
But seldom comes happiness
Without the pain
A Devil in the details
Since I saw the smile on your face
As I was crying
In the Greyhound Station
On Christmas Day
In Nineteen-Ninety Eight
Face as I was crying
In the Greyhound Station
On Christmas Day
Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey
Eyy...

(In Nineteen-Ninety Eight)

(In Nineteen-Ninety Eight)

(In Nineteen-Ninety Eight)

I remember quite clearly
A bad music version
Of James Taylor's big hit
Called "Fire & Rain"

Was playing as you crouched down
Tearfully kissed me
And I thought down what good fiction
I would move from this terrible pain

So seldom a door
Seldom a key
Seldom a gift
Like the gift you gave me
But seldom comes happiness
Without the pain
A Devil in the details
Since I saw the smile on your face
As I was crying
In the Greyhound Station
On Christmas Day
Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey-ey
Face as I was crying
In the Greyhound Station
On Christmas Day
Hey-ey-yeah...
Amazing Grace
How sweet the smile
Upon the face
I never thought
I'd see you again
Especially here
In this Greyhound Station

(Greyhound Station)

Christmas Day

(Greyhound Station
On Christmas Day)

In Nineteen-Ninety Eight

(Christmas Day)

Nineteen-Ninety Eight

(In Nineteen-Ninety Eight)

Christmas Day...

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