I’d like to hitch a ride with Santa Claus
Wouldn’t that be something to see?
I’d like to hitch a ride with Santa Claus
Dodging the clouds, waving at crowds
Just a little bobsled we call it old Saint Nick
But she’ll walk a toboggan with a four speed stick
She’s candy-apple red with a ski for a wheel
And when Santa hits the gas, man, just watch her peel.
And everybody’s sayin’ that there’s nobody meaner than
The little old lady from Pasadena
She drives real fast and she drives real hard
She’s the terror of Colorado boulevard
It’s the little old lady from Pasadena
Now all the vampires walkin’ through the Valley
Move west down Ventura Boulevard
And all the bad boys are standing in the shadows
And the good girls are home with broken hearts
Now I’m free
I’m free fallin’
Yeah, I’m free
Free fallin
I saw werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
Walking through the streets of SoHo in the rain
He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fooks
For to get a big dish of beef chow mein
Ah-hoo, werewolves of London
Ah-hoo
Ah-hoo, werewolves of London
Ah-hoo
Ríu, ríu, chíu, la guarda ribera,
Dios guardó el lobo de nuestra cordera
A Catalan Christmas carol that talks of the kingfishers calling out to Mary to warn her that there are wolves nearby.
Suspicion yourself, suspicion yourself
Don’t get caught
Suspicion yourself, suspicion yourself
Let others out
Wilder, lower wolves
Here’s a house to put
Wolves out the door
Suspicion… Torments my heart
Suspicion… Keeps us apart
Suspicion… Why torture me?
Suspicion – Terry Stafford
Elvis did it first, but Stafford had the hit with it – sort of karmic payback for the way Elvis made a hit out of Carl Perkins’ .'Blue Suede Shoes
-“BB”-
Very superstitious
Writing’s on the wall
Very superstitious
Ladders 'bout to fall
Thirteen month old baby
Broke the looking glass
Seven years of bad luck
The good things in your past
When you believe in things
That you don’t understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain’t the way
It must have been the mistletoe
The lazy fire, the falling snow
The magic in the frosty air
That feeling everywhere
It must have been the pretty lights
That glistened in the silent night
It may be just the stars so bright
That shined above you
May it be an evening star
Shines down upon you
May it be when darkness falls
Your heart will be true
You walk a lonely road
Oh, how far you are from home
Where oh where are you tonight
Why did you leave me here all alone
I searched the world over
And thought I found true love
You met another and pfft! you were gone
[“Was gone”…during boring rainy afternoons in the mid 70’s when there was nothing else on, these Hee Haw tunes got embedded deep in my brain believe you me…]
Gloom, despair, and agony on me
Deep, dark depression, excessive misery
If it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all
Gloom, despair, and agony on me
So break out the bottle bring on the crowd
Tell funny stories turn the jukebox up loud
Come on sit at my table where the drinks’re on me
Yes, gather round me cause misery loves company
And all the sad and empty faces
That pass you on the street
All running in their sleep, all in a dream
Every loving handshake
Is just another man to beat
How your heart aches just to cut him to the core
Life seems so rosy in the cradle,
But I’ll be a friend, I’ll tell you what’s in store
There’s nothing at the end of the rainbow.
There’s nothing to grow up for any more
When there’s lightning
You know it always brings me down
'Cause it’s free and I see that it’s me
Who’s lost and never found
I cry out for magic
I feel it dancing in the light
It went cold, lost my hold
To the shadows of the night
No sign of the morning coming
You’ve been left on your own
Like a rainbow in the dark
A rainbow in the dark
Nobody ought to be alone on Christmas
Because nobody ought to be all alone on Christmas
I’ve got electric light
And I’ve got second sight
Amazing powers of observation
And that is how I know
When I try to get through
On the telephone to you
(Surprise, surprise, surprise)
There’ll be nobody home
Pull me up from deep inside, this pillow
Feathers soft I lay my head in sorrow
There’s caverns dark and there’s eyes that stare
And I hear fingers snapping but there’s no one there
There’s something in the wind today
That’s good for everyone
Yes, faith is in our hearts today
We’re shining like the sun
And everyone can feel it, the feeling’s running deep
After all, there’s only one more sleep 'til Christmas