Mary Chapin Carpenter – Christmas Time In The City (Guitar)

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Well I walked to town in the pouring rain

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Paid my fare and I rode that train

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To the station under the avenue

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Hit the air at the stroke of noon

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At the cross streets where I staked my claim

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I played in tune with the winter rain

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Collecting dimes and dollar bills

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While the noisy traffic played the fills

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And its Christmas time in the city

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When the air is filled with cheer

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And the storefronts look this pretty only once a year

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Well the vendors huddled and the taxis honked

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As I played for change beneath the neon clock

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I was dressed up looking like a Christmas tree

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Blinking down on that busy street

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When the crowd thinned out and the rain had quit

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And my fingers felt cold and stiff

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I took their money and I closed my case

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And I headed back towards home again

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And its Christmas time in the city

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When the air is filled with cheer

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And the storefronts look this pretty only once a year

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As I walked back to the subway stairs

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I had twenty eight dollars in change for fare

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There was an old bag lady with an outstretched hand

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And a small Salvation Army band

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Playing Angels We Have Heard on High

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The First Noel and O Holy Night

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I folded up one dollar bill

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And I tucked it down into the till

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And its Christmas time in the city

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When the air is filled with cheer

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And the storefronts look this pretty only once a year

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And its Christmas time in the city

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When the air is filled with cheer

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And the storefronts look this pretty only once a year

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And its Christmas time in the city