Luyện nghe bài hát John Prine Christmas

Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of

Man oh man, I just Christmas, it's just so darn neat
I kinda every day was Christmas
Except Christmas Eve and the of July
We wouldn't to miss out on the fireworks, would we?

When I was a kid, we to get the Christmas catalog
From Wards in Chicago
Sometimes we'd get it as early as late
It was the big book of wishes, hopes and

My brothers and I were allotted
Twenty-five a piece including tax
So I'd make up a different Christmas list every
From the first of September 'til the twenty-forth of
Matter of fact, let me present you with my credentials

When I was three years old, at least what my mother told me
I ate an ornament, I ate a big red one, I thought it was an apple
They freaked out and was gonna take me to the hospital
But they couldn't stop me from laughing so just left me alone
So I guess I got that Christmas in me all the time, you know?

One year, I got a roly-poly for Christmas
You know the things you knock down and they bounce right up
They made 'em out of wood back then, how old I am
Nowadays, they make 'em out of
My mom says they just don't make 'em like that
And I says, "No Ma, don't"

Then was the year I came home
Only leave the army from Germany
To my high school sweetheart
On the day after

My little Billy, who was twelve at the time
Had just his first job
So he was to afford to buy some Christmas presents
For his and his mom and dad out of his own pocket

had a job selling subscriptions for the Chicago Tribune
He told me this guy named Rocky pick him up
In a station wagon, him and other boys
And he'd 'em out to some strange neighborhood
And 'em off and he gave them this whole spiel
To their potential customers

Supposedly little brother had won a free trip
To our nation's Washington DC
But he couldn't go on the
If his older wouldn't accompany him

So if you would please buy a to the Chicago Tribune
Then my brother will be happy
Wow, what a
Some people'll do to get to the White House

Then was the year that my mom and dad gave me my first guitar
Ah, man it was gorgeous, I got the thing
It was a like blue, kinda dark aqua blue
With a cream colored heart was a Silvertone from wards
The model was called Kentucky
And man, when I saw that under the tree just couldn't wait

year so I didn't know how to play it
I'd just stand in of the mirror with a string around my neck
With that and I'd try to look like Elvis
Then my Dave taught me a couple of chords
Now I'm here in living room singing and talking to you
It's how things work out

So-a whyn't you go find a and extend your hand to 'em
If you see somebody looks like they ain't doin' quite as as you
Slip 'em a buck, 'specially if they don't ask for spare

Go buy your honey a clock
Or a musical snow shaking ball
when you wind it up it plays
'I want you, I need you, I ya with all my heart'
'Cause after all, hell man, it's

Away in a manger no for a bed
The little Lord Jesus lay down His head
The stars in the sky down where He lay
The little Lord Jesus on the
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Hay

Merry Christmas,