I was 17, it was
Christmas
Eve, you were older than me
Only went for that drink
cause you said I could in
I'd been working like a dog all week
The place was rammed,
to check out the band
Everybody from home was there
They'd sing and dance like
Mick
Jagger
And from behind, he had the hair
At the end of the night,
they tried to cool time
Ain't you got a place to go?
But the band were on fire,
nobody was tired
We said no, no, no
And when the band refused to finish
The barman poured himself a
Guinness
And we drank the place dry
And danced like kids at
Christmas
We were singing
Sha -la -la -la -la, sha -la -la -la -la
Sha -la -la -la -la -la
Sha -la -la -la -la, sha -la -la -la, oh,
God, that band could play
Drink the place dry and
dance like kids at
Christmas
It was nearly half to when
I finally found you
And we both was drunk
more than we should
The neighbours complained
but the music still came
And, damn, it never felt so good
Cos they played nothing new,
just rock and roll tunes
And everybody sang along
The drummer took off his shirt
The singer called him a jerk
And the girls screamed, let's get it on
He took you outside
You asked for a light
I said, do you have a place to go?
You thought for a while
Closing your eyes
You said, no, no, no
While we were stealing kisses
The band refused to finish
And we drank the place dry
And dance like kids at
Christmas
We were singing
Sha -la -la -la -la, sha -la -la -la -la
Sha -la -la -la -la -ling
Sha -la -la -la -la, sha -la -la -la
Oh,
God, that band complained
And drank the place dry
And danced like kids at
Christmas
We all moved on, got new jobs
Everybody I knew seems to leave
We make our homes wherever we go,
I don't go out now on
Christmas
Eve
The pub was shut down, the owner left town,
ran off with the barmaid and ran
But I'll remember that night for the rest of my life,
and this is how I think it went
And the band refused to finish,
the barmaid she was livin'
But we drank the place dry and
danced like kids at
Christmas
We were singing
Sha la la la la,
Sha la la la la,
Sha la la la la la
Sha la la la la,
Sha la la la la,
Outside is
Christmas
Day
Sha la la la la,
Sha la la la la,
Sha la la la la la
Sha -la -la -la -la, sha -la -la -la -la,
oh, got that band to play
We drank the place dry and danced like
We drank the place dry and danced like
We drank the place dry and
danced like kings at
Christmas