[ti:Fairytale Of New York (Live At The Brixton Academy, London 2001)] [ar:The Pogues] [al:The Ultimate Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Fairytale Of New York (Live At The Brixton Academy, London 2001) - The Pogues [00:07.92]It was Christmas Eve babe [00:11.82]In the drunk tank [00:14.89]An old man said to me won't see another one [00:21.72]And then he sang a song [00:25.34]The Rare Old Mountain Dew [00:28.52]I turned my face away [00:31.73]And dreamed about you [00:35.42]Got on a lucky one [00:39.00]Came in eighteen to one [00:42.37]I've got a feeling [00:45.29]This year's for me and you [00:48.63]So happy Christmas [00:52.27]I love you baby [00:55.53]I can see a better time [00:58.68]When all our dreams come true [01:12.77]They've got cars big as bars [01:14.63]They've got rivers of gold [01:16.08]But the wind goes right through you [01:17.72]It's no place for the old [01:19.20]When you first took my hand [01:20.61]On a cold Christmas Eve [01:22.01]You promised me [01:22.98]Broadway was waiting for me [01:25.05]You were handsome [01:26.02]You were pretty [01:27.02]Queen of New York City [01:28.30]When the band finished playing [01:29.76]They howled out for more [01:31.29]Sinatra was swinging [01:32.61]All the drunks they were singing [01:34.33]We kissed on a corner [01:35.79]Then danced through the night [01:37.21]The boys of the NYPD choir [01:40.00]Were singing"Galway Bay" [01:42.84]And the bells were ringing out [01:45.25]For Christmas day [01:58.10]You're a bum [01:59.03]You're a punk [01:59.92]You're an old slut on junk [02:01.49]Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed [02:04.19]You scumbag you maggot [02:05.34]You cheap lousy faggot [02:07.13]Happy Christmas your arse [02:08.85]I pray God it's our last [02:10.71]The boys of the NYPD choir [02:13.22]Still singing"Galway Bay" [02:15.99]And the bells are ringing out [02:18.31]For Christmas day [02:30.89]I could have been someone [02:34.06]Well so could anyone [02:37.16]You took my dreams from me [02:40.37]When I first found you [02:43.33]I kept them with me babe [02:46.52]I put them with my own [02:49.58]Can't make it all alone [02:52.07]I've built my dreams around you [02:57.51]The boys of the NYPD choir [02:59.62]Still singing"Galway Bay" [03:03.21]And the bells are ringing out [03:05.61]For Christmas day