"CHRISTMAS SINGLE' - El Mick
This song has been kicking around for many a Yule, but finally it makes it onto YuleTube. (lyrics below) Subscribe to: www.micksumbling.com and Mick's channel on YouTube.
Christmas Single (aka Jukebox Jingle)
I don't want to write a Christmas single.
I don't want to hear a jukebox jingle.
I don't want to waste your time and mine
On corny disco nursery rhymes.
But f I tried to write a song that moved you
Very likely it would not amuse you.
Instead of spitting pearls at swine
I'll spell it out in 4/4 time, here it is.
It's just another disc in the rack.
Just another beaten track.
Another white boy crying 'black is black'
And how he wants his baby back.
Play it straight: verse, a chorus and a middle eight.
I don't want to write a Christmas single.
I don't want to hear a jukebox jingle.
I don't want to be the spitting image
Of an all-round family entertainer.
You might think I'm on a cushy number.
I can tell you that you're quite mistaken.
You will never know the lines I cut,
The care I took, the pains I've taken.
Just relax, and pick another disk from the rack,
Coloured vinyl in a picture bag.
It's really grotty, but she'll think it's fab.
It's just another disk in the rack.
It's just another disk in the rack.
It's just another disk in the rack.
It's just another disk in the rack.
I don't want to write a Christmas single
i don't want to hear a jukebox jingle
It's just another disk in the rack
It's just another beaten track
Another white boy crying black
And how he wants his baby back.
(Words & music by Mick Sumbling)