Rudy

Rudy Lyrics

Song Rudy
Artist The Be Good Tanyas
Album A Winter's Night: A Nettwerk Christmas Album
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[00:04.83] Rudy lives on the borderline Rudy
[00:08.47] Between civilization and basic survival
[00:12.23] And the summertime treats him fairly well
[00:15.99] But the wintertime is a dirty cold rival.
[00:20.40] It's wintertime now in Georgetown,
[00:24.41] The streets come alive with the Christmas light
[00:28.08] And Rudy sleeps on a warm air grate, Rudy
[00:31.87] With a newspaper blanket on December nights.
[00:38.53] Deck the halls,
[00:41.19] Rudolph the red-nosed wino
[00:44.06] Knows it's Christmas time.
[00:47.37] Jingle Bells and Christmas shoppers.
[00:50.19] Dashing through the snow.
[00:53.59] God rest ye merry gentlemen
[00:57.05] Who've found it in your hearts
[00:59.85] To flip Rudy a thin
[01:02.67] And I'll be home for Christmas,
[01:05.99] But this man has no place to go.
[01:11.05] Christmas has a meaning at all,
[01:14.81] The people of greed and incredible waste,
[01:18.36] They seek the deeper meaning
[01:20.83] In the shopping mall,In a yuletide spirit
[01:24.95] Of impatience and hate.
[01:27.75] Rudy is a patient man, Rudy
[01:30.86] Who tries to see the beauty in everything.
[01:34.37] Yes, and not a very demanding soul,
[01:39.09] Whose only wish is to live until the Spring.
[01:46.10] Nobody knows the reasons why
[01:49.72] Things turn out like the way they do.
[01:53.39] And there ain't no one to tell you the reasons why
[01:56.96] There's fortunate folks like me and you.
[02:01.38] Rudy must have people somewhere,
[02:05.39] Who wonder what became of the man.
[02:08.91] And Rudy must wonder the same damn thing
[02:12.52] As the crowd passes by and he sticks out his hand.
[02:21.10] Deck the halls,
[02:24.21] Rudolph the red-nosed wino
[02:27.08] Knows it's Christmas time.
[02:29.55] Jingle Bells and Christmas shoppers.
[02:32.56] Dashing through the snow.
[02:35.97] God rest ye merry gentlemen
[02:39.24] Who've found it in your hearts
[02:42.51] To flip Rudy a thin
[02:45.87] And I'll be home for Christmas,
[02:48.37] But this man has no place to go.
[02:53.46] Rudy died on the borderline, Rudy
[02:56.61] Of a civilized world on Christmas Eve.
[02:59.78] You know the shoppers shopped,
[03:03.33] And the temperatures dropped,
[03:05.80] On a man whose absence won't be grieved.
[03:09.22] Peace on the soul of the cop
[03:12.18] Who found him dead in a booth Rudy
[03:15.24] With his hand frozen to a telephone.
[03:18.10] You know, I think I know
[03:20.50] Who he had on the line,
[03:22.93] And Rudy won't spend this Christmas alone. Rudy
[03:28.01] Deck the halls,
[03:30.40] Rudolph the red-nosed wino
[03:32.83] Knows it's Christmas time.
[03:35.69] Jingle Bells and Christmas shoppers.
[03:39.03] Dashing through the snow.
[03:42.99] God rest ye merry gentlemen
[03:46.22] Who've found it in your hearts
[03:48.93] To flip Rudy a thin
[03:51.49] And I'll be home for Christmas,
[03:54.29] And this year, Rudy gets to go.
[03:58.16] Yeah, I'll be home for Christmas.
[04:01.63] And this year, Rudy gets to go.
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