
Spend Christmas With Me
The Christmas Train
Christmas in Juarez
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We can jingle, we can jangle
While we decorate the tree
Come on over, baby
And spend Christmas with me
We'll carve the turkey, hang the stockings
Oh, how happy we will be
Come on over, baby
And spend Christmas with me
It's ho, ho, hum all Christmas Eve
Just watching snowflakes fall
We'll disconnect the TV set
And wait for Santa's call
We can cuddle, we can snuggle
You can sit on Santa's knee
Come on over, baby
And spend Christmas with me
It's ho, ho, ho all Christmas Day
Just sitting by the fire
We'll leave alone the telephone
No one will be the wiser
And when the presents are all open
Oh, how happy we will be
Come on over, baby
And spend Christmas with me
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Come on over, baby -
And spend Christmas with me
I'm waiting for the Christmas train
Dreaming of the house where I was raised
With holly on the door,
And presents on the floor,
I'm waiting for the Christmas train
I'm getting on the Christmas train
Hoping my home town still looks the same
A candle burning bright
Waits for me tonight
I'm getting on the Christmas train
Friends and family gather 'round
If for a few short days
My sister's sure to cry
When we part ways
Then thrown back in your cell,
You'll know how far you fell
If you've been on the Christmas train
I'm getting off the Christmas train
They'll be waiting there to take my name
And walk me down the halls
Back to the cold, grey walls
I'm getting off the Christmas train
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Friends and family gather 'round
If for a few short days
My mother's sure to cry
When we part ways
Then thrown back in your cell,
You'll know how far you fell
If you've been on the Christmas train
Ran out of work and funds got low
Threw some bad checks around El Paso
Before I could get very far
The sheriff pulled me from my car
The judge then brought me up from jail
And said, 'Before I give you bail,
Be back when that warrant says!'
But I'll spend Christmas in Juarez
When you hear the church bells ring
And the choir starts to sing
Stop and think of me sometime
Down below the borderline
And if you're in a northern town
When the snow falls on the ground
Raise a glass to absent friends
Spending Christmas in Juarez
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Met a lovely senorita
Whispered, very nice to meet ya
I held her close with all my might
Under the cover of the night
I took her hand and we went walking
She let her smile do the talking
The darkest eyes, the cutest mouth
Then she went north, and I went south
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If you’re holding someone dear
When the carolers appears
Stop and think of me sometime
Down below the borderline
And if you’re in a northern town
When the snow falls on the ground
Raise a glass to absent friends
Spending Christmas in Juarez
To hold my job at the maquila,
I keep the foreman in tequila
And work a fourteen hour day
For eight hours worth of pay
Head back each night to my room
Stare out the window at the moon
And at the stars that sealed my fate
High above the Lone Star state
When you hear the church bells ring
And the choir starts to sing
Stop and think of me sometime
Down below the borderline
And if you’re in a northern town
When the snow falls on the ground
Raise a glass to absent friends
Spending Christmas in Juarez