Twas the fright Christmas No one me With a big bowl of popcorn, TV
I stretched, gave a yawn, settled in my chair In hopes that St. Nicholson soon be there The children were lying without sleep seen all his movies; He gives them the creeps
Id cued up nest with my trusty remote To the part he had all the nuts in the boat When out in the yard, there such a noise I off the TV to see what it was
And what to my wandering eyes should But the Los Lakers, and Pat Riley, their coach The limo was racing, the team at its when I saw him: the man at the wheel He ranted and cursed, and waved round his stick And I knew in a it must be Jack Nick
rapid than the Celtics these Lakers they came He screamed like a mad man and called them by Now Magic, now Worthy, now Scott and On Cooper, on Rambis and the of the team
Down the chimney St. Nicholson came with a Then he brushed off the suit and said, Honey, Im
He was wearing a trench coat, with it was stained And his shirt was clawed to shreds by Maclaine He had a fat face and a flabby belly From too many trips to the bar and the
He said, It's tough when an actor becomes fat and I only get calls to play and crazies And has-beens with washed up careers But Ill fix them all and play this year
And with that, he buried his in the sack and said Lets see what you get from your old Jack A hatchet for daddy", he reared his head To scare all those little upstairs in bed And a stiff drink for mommy in a tall glass She could really use something to that bug up her chimney
a wink of his eye and a twist of his face He threw all the stockings the fireplace What could I do? could I say? What would I wear on my feet Christmas
I for a reason and turning his head He looked at me and heres what he said Why? You wanna know Do you really wanna know why, pal? Ill you why
When youre out Christmas You know, doing your little Christmas With all your little friends Spreading all that cheer With those stupid Christmas
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 know Jack from the movies up on the big Pouring his heart out, giving it hes got
Day in and day out, just trying as as he can To bring a tiny bit of sunshine Into your miserable little lives Did you ever think of good ole Jack for a No, not once, maybe old just wasnt that good
Maybe, I good enough In the postman always rings Acting my guts out for you in one Cuckoos nest, the shining, witches of fricking Prizzis honor, all for you, pal
Just to brighten up for you Not enough though, is it? No, you want me to brighten up the season too? Isnt that what you want, Okay, let's things real bright around here
What do you say we the tree? String up pretty lights here Oh, shes brighter already What do you say we take this cute angel And ram her on the top branch,
How some gasoline for the whole thing? I mean, let's make her as bright as she can be do you say we light her up and chuck her Through the old picture 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 towered brightly in the cold, sky As he for his limo and bade his goodbye And an age may air I fail to regret visit from St. Nicholson, which Id sooner forget
But I swear by the goose bumps upon my That Ill remember that devilish grin And his voice, crying out as he faded from Merry Christmas to all and I hope I see you again For as long as I live, for out loud