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The Red Squares featuring Dave Stone - Santa Don't Stop for Me

from Santa Don't Stop for Me by The Red Squares

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lyrics

I was hoping, when I met her and told her my heart was hers,
She could make me a better man, but I made both of us worse
She's always out with the fellas, and I'm forever green
I don't know why I'm so jealous, and say things I don't mean
Or the reason I made that unseasonal scene

She said, "Hon', it's Christmas anyway, can we try not to fight?"
I said, "I don't care about the day, but I know when I'm right"
So she took a Greyhound bus back home for the holidays
To be with her East Coast family 900 miles away
I think she can see we're not gonna be okay

Santa, don't stop for me
Don't leave any presents underneath my tree
I've been 'bout as bad as any boy could be
Santa, don't stop for me
Santa, don't stop for me

Well the winter weather is frightful; let it snow, let it snow
Christmas parties — every night's full — but I don't want to go
I'm making an X-mas list of bad things I have done
I've been a shiftless employee and a disobedient son
But how I treated my girl is the very worst one

Santa, don't stop for me
Don't leave any presents under my Christmas tree
I've been about as bad as any boy could be so
Santa, don't stop for me
Santa, don't stop for me

Just remember, Santa, when you make deliveries at this time next year
This December, though I misbehaved, I was forthcoming, frank, and sincere
Does that count for something?

Christmas Eve, it's late and we should be nestled snug in our beds
I'm alone, awake, and quietly watching TV instead
But you're in a hurry, Santa, you don't have much time
There's no need to worry, when you're filling up stockings, you can skip mine
That's my present to you: one less chimney to climb

Santa, don't stop for me
Don't leave any presents underneath this year's tree
I've been 'bout as bad as any boy could be so
Santa, don't stop for me
Santa, don't stop for me

Santa, don't stop for me
I've been just as bad as any boy could be
I've been acting selfish and un-Christmas-y
Santa, don't stop for me
Santa, don't stop for me

credits

from Santa Don't Stop for Me, track released November 20, 2000
Lyrics by Matthew Shultz

Music by Matthew Shultz and The Red Squares

Featuring Dave Stone on saxophone

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The Red Squares St. Louis, Missouri

Past their punk years, not quite mods, The Red Squares believe in the power of the power chord, in the militance of melody, in the righteousness of rhythm.

They play catchy populist rock n' roll and they want to change the world. They are unashamedly geeky, with a wide romantic streak and an unwillingness to talk down to people.

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This is tomorrow!
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