This Xmas Thing's Alright

from A Merry Pristmas E.P. by The Pristines

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Part of a two-track Christmas E.P
Previously unreleased.

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I said “Do you think you love me?”
She said “Perhaps that I might”
“And look the snow is falling”
And though the subject was changed,
It didn’t spoil a fine night.
Can we delay the morning?
You moved in closer to me,
A smile in gas-fired glow.
The fake embers yawning.
And we laughed at ourselves
And watched the Christmas Eve shows
With the day not dawning

(Chorus)
And this Christmas thing’s alright
On this dark and snowy night
I won’t be waiting by the phone
It’s not a Christmas on my own
This Christmas thing’s alright
I even like it more tonight
I won’t be waiting by the phone
This Christmas I won’t be alone.

When we kissed a goodnight,
Reluctantly I walk home
With that snow falling.
And the cold stings my face
But I really don’t know.
I think of Christmas morning.
I look up at the sky
Clouds turn the stormy dark, gold.
Fanfares for Christmas dawning.
And I had to admit
It was a story untold.
Of White Christmas forming.

(Chorus) as above

(Middle)
And I’m singing “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”
When it occurs to me.
Perhaps I might actually like Christmas
More than I think.
Or is it the drink?
I shudder to think.

(Chorus) as above

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from A Merry Pristmas E.P., released November 19, 2011
words & music by Hardy

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The Pristines coventry, UK

The Pristines,Coventry, England.
Indie lo-fi guitar pop with psychedelic shoegaze (gazedelia)
Have released singles & albums in the early 90s most notably on Sunday Records (US)
Self-released 3 albums in the 2000s before returning to labels with singles for Cloudberry (US) and Edition-59 (Ger), and an album for Series Two (US).
Recently collaborated with Japanese shoegazer Hideka for "Mayflower" ... more

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