Twas the fright before No one me With a big of popcorn, watching TV
I stretched, gave a yawn, settled back in my In hopes St. Nicholson soon would be there The children were awake without sleep Theyd seen all his movies; He gives them the
Id cued up cuckoos nest my trusty remote To the part where he had all the in the boat When out in the yard, there such a noise I off the TV to see what it was
And to my wandering eyes should approach But the Los Lakers, and Pat Riley, their coach The was racing, the team at its heels Thats when I saw him: the man at the He ranted and cursed, and waved his swizzle stick And I knew in a second it must be Jack
More rapid than the Celtics these Lakers came He like a mad man and called them by name Now Magic, now Worthy, now Scott and On Cooper, on and the rest of the team
the chimney St. Nicholson came with a groan Then he off the suit and said, Honey, Im home
He was wearing a coat, with beer it was stained And his shirt was clawed to shreds by Shirley He had a fat face and a beer belly From too many to the bar and the deli
He said, tough when an actor becomes fat and lazy I only get to play weirdos and crazies And middle-aged with washed up careers But Ill fix them all and Santa this year
And with that, he buried his in the sack and said Lets see what you get from your old buddy A hatchet for daddy", he back his head To scare all little buggers upstairs in bed And a drink for mommy in a nice tall glass She could really use something to kill bug up her chimney
With a of his eye and a twist of his face He threw all the stockings into the What I do? What could I say? What I wear on my feet Christmas day?
I asked for a and turning his head He looked straight at me and what he said You wanna know why? Do you really wanna know why, pal? Ill you why
When out Christmas shopping You know, doing little Christmas things all your little Christmas friends Spreading all Christmas cheer With those stupid songs?
Did you ever stop and of Picking up a little something for old Did you ever stop to think of Jack might like for Christmas? You Jack from the movies up on the big screen Pouring his heart out, giving it hes got
Day in and day out, just as hard as he can To bring a tiny bit of sunshine your miserable little humdrum lives Did you ever of good ole Jack for a second? No, not once, maybe old Jack just wasnt good
Maybe, I good enough In the always rings twice my guts out for you in that one Cuckoos nest, the shining, of fricking Eastwick Prizzis honor, all for you, pal
to brighten things up for you Not enough though, is it? No, you me to brighten up the Christmas season too? Isnt what you want, pal? Okay, make things real bright around here
What do you say we decorate the String up pretty lights here Oh, looking brighter already What do you say we take this cute little And ram her on the top branch,
How about some gasoline for the thing? I mean, let's make her just as as she can be do you say we light her up and chuck her Through the old window here?
No in having a tree as bright As all without giving the neighbors A chance to see, dont you There, arent you glad ole Jack by
The flames brightly in the cold, wintry sky As he made for his and bade his goodbye And an age may unfold air I fail to That visit St. Nicholson, which Id sooner forget
But I by the goose bumps upon my skin Ill always remember that devilish grin And his voice, out as he faded from sight Merry Christmas to all and I hope I never see you For as long as I live, for crying out