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Even if you don’t know the obscure British alternative band Half Man Half Biscuit, who originally wrote this song, we hope you will enjoy our take on their lyrical protest against cynicism and self-sabotaging despair.
lyrics
Now how did I guess
You were going to express
Your disdain at the crane
With the bright fairy lights
And you moan at the snow
'Cos your car wouldn't go
Oh it's cliched
To be cynical
At Christmas
You don't have a tree
And your smile has a fee
All the same, here's a card
For your boring facade
Jingle Bells, piney smells
All the boys and the girls
Say it's cliched
To be cynical
At Christmas
Oh it's cliched
To be cynical
At Christmas
See how we yawn
At your bile and your scorn
It's a beautiful day
Peace on Earth has been played
Make a noise with your toys
And ignore the killjoys
'Cos it's cliched
To be cynical
At Christmas
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released December 25, 2019
Recorded for exclusive debut on the Jon Solomon 25-Hour Christmas Marathon, December 2019, on WPRB radio...
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