Christmas Eve Can Kill You

Song:       Christmas Eve Can Kill You
Artist:     Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Written By: Dennis Linde

Also performed by The Everly Brothers!

Intro:
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Verse 1:
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The winter's flaking snow is brushin' through the wiry trees
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I stuff 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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And stopping doesn't help, so on I'll go

Refrain:
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And Christmas Eve can kill you
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When you're trying to hitch a ride to anywhere

Verse 2:
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The icy air I'm breathin's 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 runnin' by; the man don't even turn his head
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Guess he's busy bein' Santa Claus tonight
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The saddest part of all is knowin' 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 the arms of my sweet family
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And forget about the stranger in the cold

Refrain:
    F                 Em
And Christmas Eve can kill you
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When you're tryin' to hitch a ride to anywhere

Verse 3:
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And as I walk I'm singing to myself, Oh Silent Night
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Hopin' 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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Take pity on the stranger in the cold

Refrain:
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Cause Christmas Eve can kill you
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When you're tryin' to hitch a ride to anywhere