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Ring Out The Bells

from Pocket Kings by The Prods

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This song started as an observation that there always seems to be a lot of famous people who shuffle of this mortal coil around Christmas time...
An alternative Christmas song!

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When I was tiny, I’d walk down the stairs at night
The darkness illuminated by my eyes shining bright
To look at the Christmas tree, put there for Jesus
And wait on the steps for him, his birthday it was

A tree in springtime, my branches strong and lithe
In summer rippling green, in autumn lay my leaves aside
In winter I go to sleep. This time forever
This tree’s made its final ring on Christmas morning

We’ve all got to go sometime, so please be of good cheer
Though it’s hard to say it Love
I’m dying for Christmas this year

Ring out the bells ‘cos it’s Christmas Eve
And my present to you is gonna make you grieve
It’s Christmas Eve

The rich and famous, the ones we never knew
The ones who made the papers and the ones whose friends were few
They’ve all had enough of this, and said goodbye
Before they had the chance to doze in front of Wizard of Oz

The gift’s been given; I take my leave of you
Don’t be too sad darling ‘cos one day it’s your turn too
The snow’s so white up here, we’ll go tobogganing together
In the never–ending Christmas up here

We’ve all got to go sometime, so please be of good cheer
Though it’s hard to say it Love
I’m dying for Christmas this year

Ring out the bells ‘cos it’s Christmas Eve
And my present to you is gonna make you grieve
It’s Christmas Eve

Ring out the bells ‘cos it’s Christmas Eve
And my present to you is gonna make you grieve
It’s Christmas Eve, it’s Christmas Eve

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from Pocket Kings, released May 6, 2018
Music: J. Wright, Lyrics: J. Wright

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