Twas the before Christmas No one me With a big of popcorn, watching TV
I stretched, gave a yawn, settled back in my In hopes that St. Nicholson soon would be The children were lying awake without Theyd seen all his movies; He them the creeps
Id up cuckoos nest with my trusty remote To the part he had all the nuts in the boat out in the yard, there arose such a noise I off the TV to see what it was
And what to my wandering eyes approach But the Los Lakers, and Pat Riley, their coach The limo was racing, the team at its Thats when I saw the man at the wheel He ranted and cursed, and round his swizzle stick And I knew in a second it must be Jack
More rapid than the these Lakers they came He screamed a mad man and called them by name Now Magic, now Worthy, now and Kareem On Cooper, on Rambis and the of the team
Down the chimney St. Nicholson came a groan Then he off the suit and said, Honey, Im home
He was wearing a trench coat, beer it was stained And his was clawed to shreds by Shirley Maclaine He had a fat and a flabby beer belly too many trips to the bar and the deli
He said, It's tough when an actor becomes fat and I only get calls to play weirdos and And middle-aged has-beens washed up careers But Ill fix them all and play Santa this
And with that, he buried his head in the and said Lets see you get from your old buddy Jack A hatchet for daddy", he reared back his 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
With a wink of his eye and a twist of his He threw all the stockings into the What I do? What could I say? What would I wear on my Christmas day?
I asked for a and turning his head He looked straight at me and heres he said You wanna know why? Do you really wanna know why, pal? Ill you why
youre out Christmas shopping You know, doing your Christmas things With all your little friends Spreading all that Christmas With those stupid songs?
Did you stop and think of Picking up a little for old Jack? Did you ever stop to think of what Jack might like for You know Jack from the up on the big screen Pouring his out, giving it everything hes got
Day in and day out, just as hard as he can To bring a tiny little bit of Into your miserable little humdrum Did you ever of good ole Jack for a second? No, not once, maybe old Jack just wasnt good
Maybe, I wasnt good In the postman always twice Acting my guts out for you in one Cuckoos nest, the shining, witches of fricking fricking honor, all for you, pal
Just to things up for you Not good though, is it? No, you me to brighten up the Christmas season too? Isnt that what you want, Okay, make things real bright around here
What do you say we decorate the String up these lights here Oh, shes looking brighter What do you say we take cute little angel And ram her on the top branch,
How about some gasoline for the whole I mean, let's her just as bright as she can be do you say we light her up and chuck her Through the old picture here?
No point in a tree as bright As all that without the neighbors A chance to see, you think? There, arent you glad ole stopped 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 That visit from St. Nicholson, which Id forget
But I swear by the goose bumps upon my That Ill always remember devilish grin And his voice, crying out as he faded from Christmas to all and I hope I never see you again For as long as I live, for crying out