Twas the before Christmas No one me With a big of popcorn, watching TV
I stretched, a yawn, settled back in my chair In hopes that St. soon would be there The children were lying awake sleep Theyd seen all his He gives them the creeps
Id cued up cuckoos with my trusty remote To the where he had all the nuts in the boat When out in the yard, there arose such a 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 him: the man at the He ranted and cursed, and waved round his swizzle And I knew in a second it be Jack Nick
More than the Celtics these Lakers they came He screamed like a mad man and called by name Now Magic, now Worthy, now Scott and On Cooper, on Rambis and the of the team
Down the chimney St. came with a groan Then he off the suit and said, Honey, Im home
He was a trench coat, with beer it was stained And his shirt was clawed to by Shirley Maclaine He had a fat and a flabby beer belly From too many trips to the bar and the
He said, It's tough when an becomes fat and lazy I only get calls to play weirdos and And middle-aged has-beens with up careers But Ill fix all and play Santa this year
And with that, he buried his head in the sack and Lets see you get from your old buddy Jack A hatchet for daddy", he reared back his To scare all those little buggers in bed And a stiff drink for mommy in a tall glass She could really use something to kill that bug up her
With a wink of his eye and a twist of his He threw all the stockings into the What could I do? What could I What I wear on my feet Christmas day?
I asked for a reason and his head He looked straight at me and what he said You wanna know why? Do you really wanna know why, Ill tell you why
When out Christmas shopping You know, doing little Christmas things With all little Christmas friends Spreading all that Christmas those stupid Christmas songs?
Did you ever stop and of Picking up a something for old Jack? Did you ever stop to think of what might like for Christmas? You know Jack from the up on the big screen Pouring his heart out, it everything hes got
Day in and day out, trying as hard as he can To bring a tiny little bit of Into your miserable little lives Did you ever think of ole Jack for a second? No, not once, maybe old Jack just that good
Maybe, I wasnt enough In the postman always rings Acting my guts out for you in one Cuckoos nest, the shining, of fricking Eastwick fricking honor, all for you, pal
Just to things up for you Not good though, is it? No, you want me to brighten up the Christmas too? Isnt that what you want, Okay, let's make things real bright here
What do you say we the tree? up these pretty lights here Oh, shes looking brighter do you say we take this cute little angel And ram her on the top branch,
How about some 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 point in having a tree as As all that without the neighbors A chance to see, you think? There, you glad ole Jack stopped by
The flames towered brightly in the cold, sky As he made for his limo and 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 upon my skin That Ill always remember devilish grin And his voice, out as he faded from sight Merry Christmas to all and I I never see you again For as long as I live, for out loud