Christmas With My Dad

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Christmas is so freaking annoying
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The ornaments and cards are all so
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 fake
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Candy canes all taste like 
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ten-year-old toothpaste
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And gingerbread gives me a raging 
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stomachache
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The carols are so stale and 
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relentless
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They carry through the air like 
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the smell of something bad
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But the one thing I look forward to
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This time of year
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Is spending Christmas with my 
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dad
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    Spending Christmas with my 
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dad

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He comes in with his arms full of
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 presents
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His smile is wide and his hair is
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 full of snow
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He pulls out a guitar and lays down 
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a classic bar
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Of an underrated song from long 
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ago
Continues after the ad
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And when he sings my heart flies 
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wide open
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I’m happy and, I guess, a little sad
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Cause he doesn’t visit me, no I 
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just watch him on TV
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That’s how I spend Christmas with
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 my dad
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Merry Christmas, Daddy!
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That’s Christmas with my dad

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I’ve DVRed his shows since I was 
nine
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I memorized each song and every line
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When Mom’s not home, I turn them on 
and revel in the sound
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It’s what the house would be like
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 if Dad had stayed around
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I’d ask him bout the cities that he 
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toured
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He’d show me how to play a 7th Chord
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It sucks to only know your dad from 
specials on TV
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I wish he thought I was as 
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special as his specials are to me

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Christmas is so freaking depressing
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Commercialism, suicides, and snow
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Mom goes on defense, and Bob’s 
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just kind of dense
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They’re the only family that I know
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But tomorrow when I turn on the TV
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I’ll see the family that I 
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could’ve had
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It’s the one thing I look forward 
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to this time of year
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Spending Christmas with my dad
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Merry Christmas, Daddy!
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Maybe one day he will be on this 
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side of the TV
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We’ll make fun of the carolers and 
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burn down the tree
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And that’s the greatest present 
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there could ever be
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Dad spending Christmas with me
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Won't you be there, Daddy?
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Spend your Christmas with me!

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