I'll have a Blue Christmas without you I'll be so blue thinking about you Decorations of red on a green Christmastree Won't be the same dear, if you're not here with me
I'll have a Blue Christmas that's certain And when that blue heartache starts hurtin' You'll be doin' all right, with your Christmas of white, But I'll have a blue, blue Christmas
I've been walkin' these streets so long Singin' the same old song I know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of Broadway Where hustle's the name of the game And nice guys get washed away like the snow and the rain There's been a load of compromisin' On the road to my horizon But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me
Like a rhinestone cowboy Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo Like a rhinestone cowboy Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know And offers comin' over the phone
Well, I really don't mind the rain And a smile can hide all the pain But you're down when you're ridin' the train that's takin' the long way And I dream of the things I'll do With a subway token and a dollar tucked inside my shoe There'll be a load of compromisin' On the road to my horizon But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me
Like a rhinestone cowboy Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo Rhinestone cowboy Gettin' cards and letters from people I don't even know And offers comin' over the phone
Like a rhinestone cowboy Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo
FADE Like a rhinestone cowboy Gettin' card and letters from people I don't even know
Galveston, oh Galveston I still hear your sea winds blowing I still see her dark eyes glowing She was 21 When I left Galveston
Galveston, oh Galveston I still hear your sea waves crashing While I watch the cannons flashing I clean my gun And dream of Galveston
I still see her standing by the water Standing there looking out to sea And is she waiting there for me? On the beach where we used to run
Galveston, oh Galveston I am so afraid of dying Before I dry the tears she's crying Before I watch your sea birds flying in the sun At Galveston, at Galveston
The palpitating beast that beats within my battered breast Burning and bedevilling, not allowing any rest The thunder in my mind reflects the storm within my heart A blasting, blaring sound that tears my soul apart
If this is love ... who needs it?
There's a tender, tempting feeling that is growing in my mind Soothing and caressing a part of me that's blind A warming worm that's mellowing and eating my resolve Changing and challenging my cold heart to dissolve
If this is love ... I want it!
Now a flaming, flaring fire I feel has trapped me in it's trance Flashing and flickering and forcing me to dance I'm raised by its pure energy, aborning me anew Blinding but enlightening, I know the fire is you
If this is love ... I need it If this is love ... I want it If this is what love is like ... oh yes, I need it Oh if this is what love is like, I wanna have a taste of it
I'll be a dandy and I'll be a rover you'll know who I am by the song that I sing I'll ease at your table and I'll sleep in your clover Who cares what tomorrow shall bring Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine I'll taste your strawberrys and I'll drink your sweet wine And a million tomorrows shall all pass away here I forget all the joy that is mine today
I can't be contented withg yeasterday's glory I can't live on promissess winter just brings Today is my moment and right now is my story while I laught and I cry and I sing Today while the blossoms...