Twas the fright before No one me With a big of popcorn, watching TV
I stretched, gave a yawn, settled back in my In hopes that St. Nicholson soon be there The children lying awake without sleep Theyd seen all his movies; He them the creeps
Id cued up cuckoos nest my trusty remote To the where he had all the nuts in the boat When out in the yard, arose such a noise I turned off the TV to see it was
And what to my wandering eyes approach But the Los Angeles Lakers, and Pat Riley, coach The was racing, the team at its heels Thats I saw him: the man at the wheel He ranted and cursed, and waved his swizzle stick And I knew in a second it must be Jack
rapid than the Celtics these Lakers they came He screamed like a mad man and them by name Now Magic, now Worthy, now Scott and On Cooper, on Rambis and the of the team
Down the chimney St. came with a groan Then he off the suit and said, Honey, Im home
He was wearing a trench coat, with it was stained And his shirt was clawed to shreds by Shirley He had a fat face and a beer belly From too many to the bar and the deli
He said, tough when an actor becomes fat and lazy I only get calls to play weirdos and And has-beens with washed up careers But Ill fix them all and play Santa this
And with that, he buried his head in the and said see what you get from your old buddy Jack A hatchet for daddy", he reared back his To scare all those buggers upstairs in bed And a stiff for mommy in a nice tall glass She could really use something to kill bug up her chimney
With a wink of his eye and a twist of his He threw all the stockings the fireplace What could I do? What could I What would I on my feet Christmas day?
I for a reason and turning his head He straight at me and heres what he said Why? You know why? Do you really know why, pal? Ill tell you why
When youre out Christmas You know, doing little Christmas things all your little Christmas friends Spreading all Christmas cheer With those stupid songs?
Did you stop and think of Picking up a something for old Jack? Did you ever stop to think of what Jack might for Christmas? You know Jack the movies up on the big screen his heart out, giving it everything hes got
Day in and day out, trying as hard as he can To a tiny little bit of sunshine Into your little humdrum lives Did you ever of good ole Jack for a second? No, not once, maybe old Jack just wasnt that
Maybe, I wasnt enough In the postman always rings Acting my guts out for you in one Cuckoos nest, the shining, witches of fricking Prizzis honor, all for you, pal
Just to things up for you Not good though, is it? No, you want me to brighten up the Christmas too? Isnt that what you want, Okay, let's things real bright around here
What do you say we decorate the String up these pretty lights Oh, shes looking brighter What do you say we this cute little angel And ram her on the top branch,
How about some for the whole thing? I mean, let's make her just as as she can be What do you say we her up and chuck her Through the old picture here?
No in having a tree as bright As all without giving the neighbors A chance to see, you think? There, arent you glad ole Jack by
The flames towered in the cold, wintry sky As he made for his limo and his goodbye And an age may unfold air I to regret That visit from St. Nicholson, Id sooner forget
But I swear by the bumps upon my skin That Ill always remember that devilish And his voice, crying out as he from sight Merry Christmas to all and I hope I see you again For as as I live, for crying out loud