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  • hallelujah0

    you marked your independence with a signature on a lease
    but home was a photograph you taped to your wall
    it's gonna be a cold white Christmas in St Paul

    beer for breakfast who's gonna scold
    you've got your early hours dulled by the cigarettes you rolled
    second shift as a fry cook that's your holiday in grease
    & you trudge to work through the snow in a coat down to your knees
    & you linger at the twinkle lights as you pass by the mall
    & count the days to a cold white Christmas in St Paul

    feather down the nights get so cold
    & you ignore the smell of mold as you smooth out the folds
    when you're on your own you've got no one to please
    in a Minnesota city just as bare & as mean as the winter trees
    but you'll be damned if you're the one making collect calls
    on a cold white Christmas in St Paul
    yeah it's a cold white Christmas in St Paul

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