Full title: Christmas Eve in Hardluck Town. A Christmas Carol. Words & Music by Tully-Nylander. Performed by Nylander.

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"Christmas Eve in Hard Luck Town"
(John Tully & Steve Nylander)

It's Christmas Eve in Hard Luck Town
A dirty snow is falling down
No carols fill the night with joy
No child waits for brand new toys
And Santa never makes his rounds
On Christmas Eve in Hard Luck Town

No one speaks in the dead end bar
Dimly lit with a blinking star
There’s a ghost from long, long past
Pours some memories in your glass
He lifts a toast but, there's no sound
On Christmas Eve in Hard Luck Town

While Prostitutes huddle together on icy street corners
The homeless stand and shiver in their dirt
The shylock greets the losers with his warning:
“It’s pay-up time or someone will get hurt”

In every house, on every street
No stockings hung, no Christmas trees
No manger scene in the city square
No Christmas cards are ever shared
No happy endings will be found
On Christmas Eve in Hard Luck Town
Christmas Eve in Hard Luck Town


(©2006 Tully & Nylander)