Mark Lanegan – Christmas Eve Can Kill You (Guitar)

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The winter's flaking snow is brushing through the pine wood trees

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I stuck my hands down deep inside my coat

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I think of years ago and half remembered Christmas trees

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And faces that still warm me with their glow

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The cold and empty evening hangs around me like a ghost

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I listen to my footsteps in the snow

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The sound of one man walking through the snow can break your heart

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But stopping doesn't help, so on I'll go

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And Christmas Eve can kill you

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When you're trying to hitch a ride to anywhere

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The icy air I'm breathing is all that keeps me on my feet

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I feel like I've been walking all my life

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A car goes running by, the man don't even turn his head

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Guess he's busy being Santa Claus tonight

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The saddest part of all is knowing if I switched with him

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I'd leave him stumbling ragged by the road

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I'd ride that highway to arms of my sweet family

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And forget about the stranger in the cold

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And Christmas Eve can kill you

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When you're trying to hitch a ride to anywhere

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And as I walk I'm singing to myself "O Silent Night"

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Hoping I can save those other souls

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Oh, God, forgive the man that drives right by the other man

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Have pity on the stranger in the cold

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'Cause Christmas Eve can kill you

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When you're trying to hitch a ride to anywhere