The Wind-Up Birds - Working Christmas Day

No buses
No trains
Fifty quid in a taxi
And the taxi driver's got some good Christmas banter for me
I smile politely
It's raining not snowing obviously
And I've got a
I've got a
I've got a twelve hour shift ahead of me
Lucky me

Working Christmas Day
It's not just another day
They've laid on some buns
The decor says 'fun'
But there's no fun to be had
I'm not sad just vacant

Working Christmas Day
Someone's put a CD on of Christmas songs
Maybe it's 'Now Christmas'
I like that Pogues one

I said "That's how my shift fell
"And there was no choice
Cos I'd used all my holidays up by November"
But that wasn't quite true but I will never tell you
I volunteered to work it ages ago
Yeah I know

Working Christmas Day
It's just another day
It's double time I suppose
But most of that goes on the taxi to get here

Working Christmas Day
I'm not that keen on 'Driving Home For Christmas' by Chris Rea

I couldn't face Christmas Day and the dinner
Or the people in particular
So we both agreed we'd make Bank Holiday Monday Christmas Day instead
But it won't be the same
You said "It won't be the same"
And I said (quietly) "Good"

Working Christmas Day
I forgot my packed lunch and all the shops are shut
But there are tins of chocolates provided by the bosses
So that's my dinner right there

Working Christmas Day or Saviour's Day
As Cliff calls it on his number one from 1990

We'll have a party right here
Let's do the show right here
We'll have the party right here
We'll do the show

Let's have a party right here
We'll do a show right here
Let's have a party right here
We'll do a show

Working Christmas Day not just another day
Working Christmas Day not just another day

Written by:
Ben Dawson, John Ackroyd, Matthew Forrest, Oliver Jefferson

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