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| * '''[[A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All!]]''' (iTunes download), [[2008]] | | * none |
| * '''[[A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All!]]''' (DVD), [[2008]]
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Revision as of 01:24, 3 January 2009
Lyrics - Credits - Discography - Covers - Bootlegs - Chords
Lyrics
Elvis:
There are cynics, there are skeptics
There are legions of dispassionate dyspeptics
Who regard this time of year as a maudlin insincere
Cheesy crass commercial travesty of all that we hold dear
Stephen:
When they think that
Well, I can hear it
But I pity them their lack of Christmas spirit
For in a world like ours, take it from Stephen
There are much worse things to believe in
Elvis:
A redeemer and a savior, an obese man giving toys for good behavior
Stephen:
The faith in what might be and the hope that we might see
The answer to all sorrow in a box beneath the tree
Find them foolish
Elvis:
Sentimental
Stephen:
Well you're clearly none too bright
Both:
So we'll be gentle
Stephen:
Don't even try to start vaguely conceiving
Both:
Of all the much worse things to believe in
Stephen:
Believe in the judgment, believe in Jihad
Believe in a thousand variations on a dark and spiteful god
Elvis:
You got your money, you got your power
You got your science, and the planet's going to end within the hour
Stephen:
You got your dreams that don't come true
Elvis:
You got the ones that do
Stephen:
Then you got your nothing
Both:
Some folks believe in nothing
But if you believe in nothing
Then what's to keep the nothing from coming for you
Stephen:
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year
Now if you'll forgive me there's a lot to do here
There are stockings still unhung
Colored lights I haven't strung
Elvis:
And a one-man four-part Christmas carol waiting to be sung
Stephen:
Call me silly, call me sappy
Call me many things, the first of which is happy
You doubt, but you're sad
I don't, but I'm glad
Both:
I guess we're even
Stephen:
At least that's what I believe in
Both:
And there are much worse things
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Credits
- Elvis Costello - vocal
- Stephen Colbert - vocal
- additional musicians unknown
Discography
Albums:
Singles:
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Various Artists collections:
Covers
Bootlegs
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Chords
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