Christmas Spirit

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[Chorus]

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It's in the air
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Can't you hear it
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It's everywhere
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That Christmas spirit

[Instrumental]

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[Verse 1]

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Everybody runnin' around
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All over town
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Buyin' out any shop around
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Get yourself in line
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Buy a big ball of twine
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Anything you can get your hands on

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Don't care what you give
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Just gotta get a gift
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Don't know what you're givin' it for

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The only thing that counts is the brand and amount
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And that it comes from an expensive store

[Chorus]

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It's in the air
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Can't you hear it
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It's everywhere
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That Christmas spirit

[Instrumental]

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[Verse 2]

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Rush home with a tree
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Half withered half green
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And strangle it to death with tinsel
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Pay a dollar ninety eight
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for a ten cent wreath hangin' on your door
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to make it look useful
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Ma's in the kitchen makin' apple pies
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Feedin' the relatives with all their lies and their welcome

[Instrumental]

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[Chorus]

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It's in the air
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Can't you hear it
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It's everywhere
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That Christmas spirit

[Verse 3]

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Gonna take the children down to see the fat clown
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Who pretends to be what he ain't
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He's a dime store commercialized manufactured product
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directly descended from a saint
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You set 'em on his knee and teach 'em to bleed
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all your last years savings
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It's that time of year
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So fill it with cheer and satisfy all the cravings

[Chorus]

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It's in the air
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Can't you hear it
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It's everywhere
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That Christmas spirit

[Verse 4]
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When the big day arrives in a mansion and dive
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Everyone is havin' a fiasco
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It only comes once a year, splendid cheer
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Most of that cheer comes from a bottle
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Now I sat on a street I asked him first then I meet
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Who's birthday you think it is today
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He stopped dead, scratched his head and puzzled then he said
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I'm not sure I think it's one of our presidents
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Ain't it

[Chorus]

     F      C
It's in the air
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Can't you hear it
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It's everywhere
               F  Bb
That Christmas spirit

[Outro]

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Christmas spirit
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It's in the air
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I can smell it
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Can't you hear it