Fairytale Of New York lyrics Meaning

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By Emma F

Fairytale Of New York song by The Pogues from Primary Album If-i-should-fall-from-grace-with-god. The music is composed and produced by Joel. Genre is Rock, Celtic Punk, Duet music. The Record company is unknown. Released on November 23, 1987.

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Fairytale Of New York Meaning

[[Verse 1: Shane MacGowan]
It was Christmas Eve, babe, in the drunk tank
An old man said to me, “Won’t see another one”
And then he sang a song, ‘The Rare Old Mountain Dew’
I turned my face away and dreamed about you

[Verse 2: Shane MacGowan]
Got on a lucky one, came in eighteen-to-one
I’ve got a feeling this year’s for me and you
So, Happy Christmas, I love you, baby
I can see a better time when all our dreams come true

[Verse 3: Kirsty MacColl]
They’ve got cars big as bars, they’ve got rivers of gold
But the wind goes right through you, it’s no place for the old
When you first took my hand on a cold Christmas Eve
You promised me Broadway was waiting for me

[Verse 4: Kirsty MacColl & Shane MacGowan & Together]
You were handsome, you were pretty, queen of New York City
When the band finished playing, they howled out for more
Sinatra was swinging, all the drunks, they were singing
We kissed on a corner, then danced through the night

[Chorus: Shane Macgowan & Kirsty MacColl]
The boys of the NYPD choir
Were singing, “Galway Bay”
And the bells were ringing out
For Christmas Day
, [Verse 5: Kirsty MacColl & Shane MacGowan]
You’re a bum, you’re a punk, you’re an old slut on junk
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap, lousy faggot
Happy Christmas, your arse, I pray God it’s our last

[Chorus: Shane Macgowan & Kirsty MacColl]
The boys of the NYPD choir
Still singing, “Galway Bay”
And the bells are ringing out
For Christmas Day

[Verse 6: Kirsty MacColl & Shane MacGowan]
“I could have been someone” Well, so could anyone
You took my dreams from me when I first found you
I kept them with me, babe, I put them with my own
Can’t make it all alone, I’ve built my dreams around you

[Outro: Shane Macgowan & Kirsty MacColl]
The boys of the NYPD choir
Still singing, “Galway Bay”
And the bells are ringing out
For Christmas Day]
Fairytale of New York
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Common queries

  1. Who is the person responsible for producing the lyrics of Fairytale Of New York?

    This lirics prodiucer by Steve Lillywhite.

  2. What is the name of the person who wrote this song? Fairytale Of New York

    Fairytale Of New York song is written by Shane MacGowan & Jem Finer

  3. Who is the person responsible for featuring the lyrics of Fairytale Of New York?

    Fairytale Of New York is credited as the featured artist on Kirsty MacColl

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