I went to see my baby,
she was feeling oddly warm,
Which was strange because in here it was a snow storm,
I felt somebody else’s breath,
on the back of her fragile neck,
She said she could explain but I chose to deflect,
I said I’m going down the pub in an hour,
So just to face me up and lie,
All I needed was one good alibi,
As to why I’m leaving you this Christmas,
And how it wasn’t all that bad,
‘Cause she said I was the best that she’d ever had,
But
My blood was thinner than water,
And I’m flying down the road,
I go blind for my lights reflected in the snow,
The night goes through my head like my head goes through the glass,
I am not drunk, I’m not unconscious…
And so I sit in silence for pretty much the entire night,
Yeah it was better than pissing off my friends and talking shite,
And when I’ve finally had to many and decide that I am gonna leave,
A fight breaks out, It was fucking Christmas Eve,
So I get out quickly before these hooligans smash up the bar,
Yeah I take out my keys, and I get in my car.
But
My blood was thinner than water,
And I’m flying down the road,
I go blind for my lights reflected in the snow,
The night goes through my head like my head goes through the glass,
I am not drunk, I’m not unconscious…
And when everybody said that I never seem to miss much,
And I didn’t, and now I’m driving drunk on Christmas,
When everybody said that I never seem to miss much,
And I didn’t miss the curb and now I’m flying
But
My blood was thinner than water,
And I’m flying down the road,
I go blind for my lights reflected in the snow,
The night goes through my head like my head goes through the glass,
I am not drunk, I’m not unconscious..
I am just a tumbling mass.
credits
released December 14, 2015
Written & Performed by Watt, Hamilton, Hernandez, Devine, McIntyre. Brass by Cairan McEneny.
Recorded & Produced by Bruce Rintoul at 45-a-side Studios, Glasgow, Scotland.
supported by 6 fans who also own “Driving Drunk For Christmas”
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