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From early in November to the last week of December |
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I got money matters weighing me down |
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Oh the music may be merry, but it's only temporary |
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I know Santa Claus is coming to town |
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In the days I work my day job, in the nights I work my night |
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But it all comes down to working man's pay |
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Getting ready, I'm getting ready, ready for Christmas Day |
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Getting ready for Christmas Day |
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And let me tell you, namely, the undertaker, he's getting ready for your body |
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Not only that, the jailer he's getting ready for you |
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Christmas day. Hmm? And not only the jailer, but the lawyer, the police force |
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Now getting ready for Christmas day, and I want you to bear it in mind |
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I got a nephew in Iraq, it's his third time back |
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But it's ending up the way it began |
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With the luck of a beginner he'll be eating turkey dinner |
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On some mountain top in Pakistan |
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Getting ready, oh we're getting ready |
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For the power and the glory and the story of the Christmas day |
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Getting ready, for Christmas day. |
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Done made it up in your mind that I'm going, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago. |
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I'm going, on a trip, getting ready, for Christmas day. |
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But when Christmas come, nobody knows where you'll be. |
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You might ask me. |
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I may be layin' in some lonesome grave, getting ready, for Christmas day |
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Getting ready oh we're getting ready |
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For the power and the glory and the story of the Christmas day |
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Yes we're getting ready |
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Getting ready, ready for your prayers, |
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I'm going and see my relatives in a distant land. |
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Getting ready, getting ready for Christmas day |
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If I could tell my Mom and Dad that the things we never had |
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Never mattered we were always okay |
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Getting ready, oh ready for Christmas day |
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Ready, getting ready |
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For the power and the glory and the story of the Christmas day |
