Rudy - The Be Good Tanyas.mp3

[00:04.83]Rudy lives on the borderline Rudy
[00:08.47]Between civilization and basic survival
[00:12.23]And the summertime treats him fairly well
[00:15.99]But the wintertime is a dirty cold rival.
[00:20.40]It's wintertime now in Georgetown,
[00:24.41]The streets come alive with the Christmas light
[00:28.08]And Rudy sleeps on a warm air grate, Rudy
[00:31.87]With a newspaper blanket on December nights.
[00:38.53]Deck the halls,
[00:41.19]Rudolph the red-nosed wino
[00:44.06]Knows it's Christmas time.
[00:47.37]Jingle Bells and Christmas shoppers.
[00:50.19]Dashing through the snow.
[00:53.59]God rest ye merry gentlemen
[00:57.05]Who've found it in your hearts
[00:59.85]To flip Rudy a thin
[01:02.67]And I'll be home for Christmas,
[01:05.99]But this man has no place to go.
[01:11.05]Christmas has a meaning at all,
[01:14.81]The people of greed and incredible waste,
[01:18.36]They seek the deeper meaning
[01:20.83]In the shopping mall,In a yuletide spirit
[01:24.95]Of impatience and hate.
[01:27.75]Rudy is a patient man, Rudy
[01:30.86]Who tries to see the beauty in everything.
[01:34.37]Yes, and not a very demanding soul,
[01:39.09]Whose only wish is to live until the Spring.
[01:46.10]Nobody knows the reasons why
[01:49.72]Things turn out like the way they do.
[01:53.39]And there ain't no one to tell you the reasons why
[01:56.96]There's fortunate folks like me and you.
[02:01.38]Rudy must have people somewhere,
[02:05.39]Who wonder what became of the man.
[02:08.91]And Rudy must wonder the same damn thing
[02:12.52]As the crowd passes by and he sticks out his hand.
[02:21.10]Deck the halls,
[02:24.21]Rudolph the red-nosed wino
[02:27.08]Knows it's Christmas time.
[02:29.55]Jingle Bells and Christmas shoppers.
[02:32.56]Dashing through the snow.
[02:35.97]God rest ye merry gentlemen
[02:39.24]Who've found it in your hearts
[02:42.51]To flip Rudy a thin
[02:45.87]And I'll be home for Christmas,
[02:48.37]But this man has no place to go.
[02:53.46]Rudy died on the borderline, Rudy
[02:56.61]Of a civilized world on Christmas Eve.
[02:59.78]You know the shoppers shopped,
[03:03.33]And the temperatures dropped,
[03:05.80]On a man whose absence won't be grieved.
[03:09.22]Peace on the soul of the cop
[03:12.18]Who found him dead in a booth Rudy
[03:15.24]With his hand frozen to a telephone.
[03:18.10]You know, I think I know
[03:20.50]Who he had on the line,
[03:22.93]And Rudy won't spend this Christmas alone. Rudy
[03:28.01]Deck the halls,
[03:30.40]Rudolph the red-nosed wino
[03:32.83]Knows it's Christmas time.
[03:35.69]Jingle Bells and Christmas shoppers.
[03:39.03]Dashing through the snow.
[03:42.99]God rest ye merry gentlemen
[03:46.22]Who've found it in your hearts
[03:48.93]To flip Rudy a thin
[03:51.49]And I'll be home for Christmas,
[03:54.29]And this year, Rudy gets to go.
[03:58.16]Yeah, I'll be home for Christmas.
[04:01.63]And this year, Rudy gets to go.