Dr. Dog – Ebenezer Scrooge (Guitar)

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It was Christmas Eve, I was all alone and my old heart was just like a stone

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And I didn't want no one to bother me

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My eyes were red, my lips were blue, my cheeks were cold and shriveled too

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I was as mean as mean could ever be

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But look at all I'd come to own those velvet walls, that golden throne

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I'd sit inside and hide my misery

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And the only friend that I could claim is a pale old ghost who came in chains

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To warn me of my ill-begotten fate

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He said he lived his life regretfully, so full of fear and full of greed

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And for him the chance to change was much too late

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But he said that I was Ebenezer Scrooge, that I still had some life to lose

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and that maybe I should open up the gate

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For spirits come from yesterday and spirits come from yet to come

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He said follow them and do not hesitate

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Then he hung his head and he drifted away and he left me there that winter day

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So I opened up my heart to have a look

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And I saw all the way back to the day my true love could no longer stay

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For I was just a miser and a crook

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And with her parting but a year behind, I saw the life she went on to find

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It was a picture-perfect story book

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And it made me cry as my buckles shook, oh my oh I had found the hook

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I got outta there, that was all I could take

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Then I looked out through the frosted glass to see the world that's yet to pass

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And return to my ignorance at once

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But on the snowy streets below I saw children with no place to go

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Forgotten in the cold winter morn

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And it made me cry as my buckles shook and once again I found the hook

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I saw the world outside that I denied

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And life was turning into dream, my heart was bursting at the seams

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Bah humbug, I tried it but a lie

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Christmas Eve will soon be Christmas morn and not before it's final warning

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The spirit of what's yet to come

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It showed me the funeral of a rich old man who never shared or lent a hand

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And no one cared to say goodbye

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It showed me the funeral of a poor young boy who lived a life of love and joy

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And the whole town cried and cried

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Oh why oh why, oh me oh my, I'm on my knees, I'm horrified

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To think of all the lies that I believed

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For all my wealth and all my clout there's so much I have gone without

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Forgive me, oh mercy me

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As sure as I am here to say, as sure as this is Christmas day

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Redemption is my guarantee

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So I made my pledge and took my place among the ones that live in grace

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With love and generosity

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For I am Ebenezer Scrooge, though I am old, my day is new

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It's Christmas time and I'm free

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It's Christmas time and I'm free