Blue Christmas
It's two days before Christmas.
My husband is MIA. Although, he says he's on the way here as we speak.
My teen-ager has been picking fights all day and refuses to say why.
The fourteen month old should NEVER have two chocolate chip cookies at one snack time unless the mommy has abundant energy.
Yeah, this is a festive household.
posted by The Warbler | 12/23/2005 09:06:00 PM
4 Comments:
From one of my favorites, Robert Earl Keen's "Merry Christmas from the Family:
Mom got drunk and Dad got drunk at our Christmas party
We were drinking champagne punch and homemade eggnog
Little sister brought her new boyfriend
He was a Mexican
We didn't know what to think of him until he sang
Felis Navidad, Felis Navidad
Brother Ken brought his kids with him
The three from his first wife Lynn
And the two identical twins from his second wife Mary Nell
Of course he brought his new wife Kay
Who talks all about AA
Chain smoking while the stereo plays Noel, Noel
The First Noel
Carve the Turkey
Turn the ball game on
Mix margaritas when the eggnog's gone
Send somebody to the Quickpak Store
We need some ice and an extension chord
A can of bean dip and some Diet Rites
A box of tampons, Marlboro Lights
Haleluja everybody say Cheese
Merry Christmas from the family
Fred and Rita drove from Harlingen
I can't remember how I'm kin to them
But when they tried to plug their motor home in
They blew our Christmas lights
Cousin David knew just what went wrong
So we all waited out on our front lawn
He threw a breaker and the lights came on
And we sang Silent Night, Oh Silent Night, Oh Holy Night
Carve the turkey turn the ball game on
Make Bloody Mary's
Cause We All Want One!
Send somebody to the Stop 'N Go
We need some celery and a can of fake snow
A bag of lemons and some Diet Sprites
A box of tampons, some Salem Lights
Haleluja, everybody say cheese
Merry Christmas from the Family
hmmm...sounds strangely familiar...
I hope you didn't take it wrong, as it is something of a tradition to play this song down in Austin, like Thanksgiving just isn't right without hearing a version of Alice's Restaurant. The way Robert Earl sings this song here is hilarious. The words are way to serious by themselves. The part about fake snow is the best.
May all your Christmas Blues melt into some very happy moments. /sam
Oh, Sam, you never got to see me in my bawdy, "blue" song piano bar days. Trust me, my friend, it takes a tad bit more than THAT to offend me! Besides, it was funny.
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