A little something for Christmas, with apologies to Mr. McGowan
The Fairytale of Tokyo
'Twas Christmas Eve, in the workplace,
The old boss said to me, "You won't be going home!"
And then he stamped a form, approving overtime!
I turned my Facebook off, and dreamed about Youtube.
But I'm the lucky one, got home at ten to one,
I've got a feeling, this year's a promotion,
So happy Christmas, I love my job really,
I see a better time, when all my expenses come through.
They've got rooms small as cars
They've got raw fish served cold
Where folk don't understand you
And everybody is old.
When you first took my hand
on that cold Christmas eve,
You promised me Ginza
was waiting for me.
You were learning,
I was teaching,
At a school in Atsugi.
When we sang Karaoke
They howled out for more!
Sinatra was crooning,
"My Way" we were ruining
We moved to Roppongi
and drank through the night
The staff of the Tsukiji Market
Singing "Fresh fish today!"
And the bells were ringing out
For Christmas day!
In the months
that did come,
We had plenty of fun.
But your mother was warning; "You're no longer young!"
She nagged you, she harried,
She wanted you married
We spent Christmas apart,
And I thought "It's our last!"
I called you again on New Year's Eve
And asked you "Yes" to say,
And the bells would ring again
On New Year's day!
I hoped I'd meet someone
Could have been anyone
You made my dreams fly free
When I first found you
And now I want you babe
More than life on my own
Can't make it all alone
I've built my dreams around you
The boys of the Tokyo Gospel Choir
Singing "Oh Happy Day!"
And the bells are ringing out
On our wedding day!
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