Suddenly It's Christmas-Loudon Wainwright III

[ti:Suddenly It's Christmas (Live)] [ar:Loudon Wainwright III] [al:Career Moves] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Suddenly It's Christmas - Loudon Wainwright III [00:00.80]Suddenly it's Christmas [00:01.81] [00:02.39]Right after Hallowe'en [00:03.40] [00:04.67]Forget about Thanksgiving [00:06.20]It's just a buffet in between [00:07.95] [00:08.69]There's lights and tinsel in the windows [00:10.72]They're stocking up the shelves [00:12.16] [00:12.82]Santa's slaving at the North Pole [00:15.08]In his sweatshop full of elves [00:16.77] [00:18.81]There's got to be a build-up [00:20.67]To the day that Christ was born [00:22.37] [00:23.07]The halls are decked with pumpkins [00:24.71] [00:25.35]And the ears of Indian corn [00:26.85] [00:27.81]Dragging through the falling leaves [00:29.68] [00:30.28]In a one-horse open sleigh [00:32.10] [00:32.73]Suddenly it's Christmas [00:33.61] [00:34.39]Seven weeks before the day [00:36.01] [00:37.25]Suddenly it's Christmas [00:38.33] [00:39.25]The longest holiday [00:40.33] [00:41.52]When they say "Season's Greetings" [00:43.55]They mean just what they say [00:45.11] [00:45.97]It's a season it's a marathon [00:47.71] [00:48.32]Retail eternity [00:49.39] [00:50.25]It's not over till it's over [00:52.68]And you throw away the tree [00:54.74] [00:58.10]Outside it's positively balmy [01:01.41]In the air nary a nip [01:02.72] [01:03.79]Suddenly it's Christmas [01:04.73] [01:05.68]Unbuttoned and unzipped [01:07.48] [01:08.37]Yes they're working overtime [01:09.64] [01:10.51]Santa's little runts [01:11.62] [01:12.97]Christmas comes but once a year [01:14.98]And goes on for two months [01:16.44] [01:19.32]Christmas carols in December [01:21.19] [01:22.19]And November too [01:23.44] [01:24.49]It's no wonder we're depressed [01:26.05] [01:26.81]When the whole thing is through [01:28.29] [01:29.07]Finally it's January [01:30.77] [01:31.38]Let's sing "Auld Lang Syne" [01:33.49]But here comes another heartache [01:35.01] [01:35.73]Shaped like a Valentine [01:37.11] [01:39.88]Suddenly it's Christmas [01:40.97] [01:41.77]The longest holiday [01:42.98] [01:43.94]The season is upon us [01:45.69]A pox it won't go away [01:47.61] [01:48.68]It's a season it's a marathon [01:50.31] [01:50.97]Retail eternity [01:52.05] [01:52.84]It's not over till it's over [01:55.38]And you throw away the tree [01:57.23]No it's not over till it's over [01:59.87]And you throw away the tree [02:01.74]It's still not over till it's over [02:04.39]And you throw away the tree