Coldest Nights Of The Winter

Wake up and smell the first Virginia rum or the morn
A holiday for breakfast, making port before dawn
Serve me up, cut me loose, stoke me up like a train
Like a chimney blowing smoke, like a cloud in the rain
I got a big decision to make
Leave tonight or watch you burn at the stake
I lost a lot o' bread and butter to believe in your lies
Now I'm scrounging in the gutter for one half your size
Oh, keep me on the inner and I'll 
Take you out to dinner sometime

But oh, don't leave me
I don't mind sharing you with a friend
Oh yeah, when the money gets tight and
One things gotta go
That's when I know that
You and me are coming to an end

Third try lasted me till day number four
One more try put me forward a day more
Six was over in a second, it was easier to say
'Tomorrow I'll raise the bar to five in a day'

Oh, no tomorrows now it's time for me to pay my dues
Got so many colours, is it me or who're you trying to confuse?
Red, silver, there's too many to choose
So I'm trading company for a set of Dunhill blues

Sweetest is the first of your malevolent breath
Weakness is your strength, you're the bringer of death
Plant a thought, sow an action, reap a habit
Cross a clown with a lover, wind up with an addict
Don't think the competition has run
I'm outnumbered here a hundred to one
One after the other, feed 'em through like a chain
Now that's one less time you'll ever that again
I said 'That's one less time that you'll ever get to do that again'
Smokescreen, submarine and everything between leave a stain
Figured I've always been the easiest to accuse
Gonna fashion myself a set of homemade Dunhill...

Dunhill Blues

Mama's On The Run

Keep Our Love Alive

Electric Island Girl

I ain't one to get excited 'bout another Christmas eve
I gave the lads the night so I could drink a few in peace
You sat alone while all the boys dance 'round your feet
What about the silly season makes people act like dogs on heat?

Make no mistake
The eyes she make are 'ready, set...'
And the seat she takes
The way she leaned right in and said
'I want you to take to 'neath a row
Of mistletoe'

Baby, it's Christmas
Baby, it's Christmas
Got my heart set on a rollercoaster ride
Just another splash of rum
'Fore baby let slip of the tongue
Let's make a fairy tale Christmas, baby, tonight

You've waited your whole life for this now, child, don't act so surprised
The gift I should've wrapped is gonna fit that stocking tight
Ain't nothing to fear now, Santa's little helper's on the case
But coming down your chimney is Father Christmas' game anyways

Roll down the blinds
We got the whole place to ourselves
So turn down the lights
And take them records off the shelves
The lamb lies down on Broadway tonight
The maiden voyage of a long and lonely life

Baby, it's Christmas
Baby, it's Christmas
Watch the whole world come to life as the lights go down
Heed these riddles in the dark
Lest we break another heart
So merry Christmas, baby, have a good life

Didn't mama tell you not to play with boys your own age, darling?
Stand too close to the fire you might get burned
You might've heard that nothing bad happens on Christmas morning
It's all fun and games until someone gets...

Christmas Baby

I don't care
If you think my sleeping habits creepy
I don't care
If you think my sources aren't all there
I don't care
If you think my fashion sense ain't trendy
I don't care, I don't care, I don't care

I'm not here for your amusement
I wasn't put here to be your bitch
It's my opinion, I have a right to choose it
It's not your job to tell me which
Values of my are old or dated
You can't think yours are more legit
Because you and a million others
Might think that you're real hot shit

I don't care
What the general consensus is
I don't care, I don't care, I don't care

Ben Roper 3

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