| [ti:Xmas In February (LP Version)] | |
| [ar:Lou Reed] | |
| [al:New York] | |
| [00:11.48] | Sam was lyin' in the jungle |
| [00:13.64] | agent orange spread against the sky like marmalade |
| [00:16.68] | Hendrix played on some foreign jukebox |
| [00:19.86] | they were praying to be saved |
| [00:21.95] | Those gooks were fierce and fearless |
| [00:24.75] | that's the price you pay when you invade |
| [00:27.53] | Xmas in February |
| [00:30.62] | |
| [00:30.97] | Sam lost his arm in some border town |
| [00:36.10] | His fingers are mixed with someone's crop |
| [00:38.59] | If he didn't have that opium to smoke |
| [00:41.59] | The pain would never ever stop |
| [00:44.57] | Half his friends are stuffed into black body bags |
| [00:47.21] | With their names printed at the top |
| [00:49.65] | Xmas in February |
| [00:51.79] | |
| [00:52.39] | Sammy was a short order cook |
| [00:57.46] | In a short order black and blue collar town |
| [01:01.36] | Everybody worked the steel mill |
| [01:03.69] | But the steel mill got closed down |
| [01:06.58] | He thought if he joined the Army |
| [01:08.33] | He'd have a future that was sound |
| [01:11.42] | Like no Xmas in February |
| [01:13.32] | |
| [01:39.48] | Sam's staring at the Vietnam Wall |
| [01:42.36] | It's been a while now that he's home |
| [01:44.90] | His wife and kid have left, he's unemployed |
| [01:47.69] | He's a reminder of the war that wasn't won |
| [01:50.52] | He's that guy on the street with the sign that reads |
| [01:53.41] | "Please help send this Vet home" |
| [01:55.90] | But he is home, and there's no Xmas in February |
| [02:00.44] | No matter how much he saves |