Christmas Day lyrics

Song information

Artist: Jim White
Album: No Such Place

Lyrics

Where in the world did you come from my dear?
Did some mysterious voice tell you I'd still be here? I bought this ticket to mobile, but I been stranded all day...p.a. said the bus broke down ten miles away from the station
So seldom a door...so seldom a key...so seldom a lock like the love between you and me. but seldom comes happiness without the pain of the devil in the details since I saw the smile on your face as I was crying in a greyhound station on christmas day...in 1998
The burden of love is the fuel of bad grammar
You stutter and stammer--what a bitch to convey the crux of the matter, when the words you must utter are hopelessly tangled in the memories and scars you show no one. so seldom a door...so seldom a key...so seldom a hit like the hurt you put on me
But seldom comes happiness without the pain of the devil in the details since I saw the smile on your face as I was crying in a greyhound station on christmas day...in 1998. I remember quite clearly, a bad muzak version of james taylor's big hit, called "fire and rain" was playing as you crouched down and tearfully kissed me, and I thought, "damn, what good fiction I will mold from this terrible pain." so seldom a door...so seldom a key...so seldom a gift like the gift you gave me. but seldom comes happiness without the pain of the devil in the details since I saw the smile on your face as I was crying in a greyhound station on christmas day...in 1998. amazing grace, how sweet the smile upon the face I never thought I'd see you again...especially here in this greyhound station...on christmas day...in 1998

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