Christmas Cheer

The Strawbs

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[Verse 1]
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It was on the stroke of midnight
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On the final Christmas Eve
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People all around were saying
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"What do you believe?"
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Streets were laid with burnished gold
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Statues made of chrome
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Up spoke the wicked messenger
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"You're welcome to my home"


[Chorus]
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Everything's going to be alright
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Everything's going to be alright
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Everything's going to be alright
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Everything's going to be alright


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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Then tempers started flaring
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As the heat began to rise
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Fields of corn and rapeseed
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Turned to dust before their eyes
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People started blaming
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The changing weather map
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The chrome began to tarnish
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The gold was sold for scrap


[Chorus]
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Everything's going to be alright
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Everything's going to be alright
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Everything's going to be alright
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Everything's going to be alright


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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Then just before the end of time
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The sun began to dim
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People of the world began 
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To sing a common hymn
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The Muslim kissed the Hindu
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The Hindu kissed the Jew
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The Jew kissed all the Buddhists
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And the Christians joined the queue


[Chorus]
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Everything's going to be alright
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Everything's going to be alright
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Everything's going to be alright
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Everything's going to be alright


[Chorus]
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Everything's going to be alright
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Everything's going to be alright
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Everything's going to be alright
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Everything's going to be alright