The Waterboys – December (Guitar)

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December is the cruelest month

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But this time for once my cheeks are warm

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After long years in the monkey-house

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I am ready for the storm

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Let them throw all their cannonballs

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Let all their strongmen come

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I'm ready to go anywhere

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Through venom, sick and scum!

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December isn't always cold

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But this year she's mine and I know why

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Somewhere a flower has to grow

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For every flower that dies

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I'm stricken with fever

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But my heart is strong as steel

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I'm ready to go anywhere!

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I can believe, I can feel!

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December is a trusted friend

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I always recognise her face

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It's a plague of fools thrown aside

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Forever by her soft and silent grace

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She is reckless as a mayday

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Gentle as a stone

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And ready to go anywhere

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To carry me back home!

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December fell deep in the bleak

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Mid-winter time when jesus christ

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Howled a baby saviour's howl

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A primal truth as pure as ice

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And though we crucified him on a cross

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And dragged his name from prayer to curse

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He was able to go anywhere

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He was almost one of us!