Cruel Yule (1996)
Additional musicians:
Lead Vocal: Phil Sick
Backing Vocal: Tess Gillard
Guitar: James Bellamy
Away in a Manger and A Christmas Carol: Laura and Rebecca Davies
It’s Christmas Eve and the shops are closing
The chill of the air means that night’s approaching
For some it’s mulled wine between cupped hands
For others it’s a dog end and soup from a van
It’s Christmas Eve and the pubs are closing
Back of a cab, dribbling and dosing
You’re so pissed you’re tired and yawning
But you’ll start again on Christmas morning
Christmas present just like Christmases past
Cruel Yule
The vicar puts a dress on the sermon begins
The Ten Commandments and the seven deadly sins
Same old faces, sanctimonious to the last
Tell that to the turkey with a skewer in his arse
Christmas present just like Christmases past
Cruel Yule
The older generation is senile and smelly
The spend all their time in front of the telly
It’s a fucking nuisance and a crying shame
When they fart when they shouldn’t and don’t know your name
A modern day story for most it’s a mare
Everyone appears but no one really cares
Society is shrinking, parents getting frightened
Children still grow up thinking they’re entitled
Christmas present just like Christmases past
Cruel Yule
Is it worth the waiting for, if you happen to be poor?
All you ever get is Cruel Yule
Christmas present just like Christmases past
Cruel Yule
Christmas is coming the goose is getting fat
Go and put a penny in the old man’s hat
If you haven’t got a penny a ha’penny will do
If you haven’t got a ha’penny then fuck you.
Materialism, annihilism, hypocrisy and greed
Good old fashioned values which human nature bleeds
It’s less than we can hope for and more than we deserve
It’s just another lesson which remains to be learnt
It’s a salutary tale where, as each year passes
Greater division between the classes
Now more than ever the evidence is there
When Christmas comes and war is declared
Christmas present just like Christmases past
Cruel Yule