Loudon Wainwright III - Suddenly Its Christmas

      [Verse 1]
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Suddenly it's Christmas
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Right after Hallowe'en
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Forget about Thanksgiving;
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It's just a buffet in between
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There's lights and tinsel in the windows;
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They're stocking up the shelves;
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Santa's slaving at the North Pole
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In his sweatshop full of elves

[Verse 2]
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There's got to be a build-up
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To the day that Christ was born:
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The halls are decked with pumpkins
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And the ears of Indian corn
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Dragging through the falling leaves
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In a one-horse open sleigh
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Suddenly it's Christmas
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Seven weeks before the day

[Chorus]
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Suddenly it's Christmas

The longest holiday
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When they say "Season's Greetings"
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They mean just what they say:
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It's a season, it's a marathon
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Retail eternity
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It's not over till it's over
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And you throw away the tree

[Verse 3]
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Outside it's positively balmy
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In the air nary a nip;
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Suddenly it's Christmas
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Unbuttoned and unzipped
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Yes, they're working overtime
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Santa's little runts;
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Christmas comes but once a year
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And goes on for two months

[Verse 4]
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Christmas carols in December
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And November, too;
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It's no wonder we're depressed
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When the whole thing is through
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Finally it's January;
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Let's sing "Auld Lang Syne";
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But here comes another heartache
       D7     G
Shaped like a Valentine

[Chorus]
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Suddenly it's Christmas

The longest holiday
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The season is upon us;
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A pox, it won't go away
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It's a season, it's a marathon
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Retail eternity
         G
It's not over till it's over
        D7             G
And you throw away the tree
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No, it's not over till it's over
        D7             G
And you throw away the tree;
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It's still not over till it's over
        D7             G
And you throw away the tree