Cold White Christmas

[ti:Cold White Christmas] [ar:Casiotone For The Painfully Al] [al:Merry X-mas (2008)] [by:季风网-【http://www.ip21.cn】] [offset:0] Cap & gown in purple & gold You're 22 years old & a woman now you're told Aunt Beth & Charlie cut a check For the graduating niece & you marked your independence With a signature on a lease But home was a photograph you taped to your wall It's gonna be a cold white Christmas in St Paul Beer for breakfast who's gonna scold You've got your early hours dulled By the cigarettes you rolled Second shift as a fry cook That's your holiday in grease & you trudge to work through the snow In a coat down to your knees & you linger at the twinkle lights As you pass by the mall & count the days to a cold white Christmas In St Paul Feather down the nights get so cold & you ignore the smell of mold As you smooth out the folds When you're on your own You've got no one to please In a Minnesota city just as bare & as mean as the winter trees But you'll be damned If you're the one making collect calls On a cold white Christmas in St Paul Yeah it's a cold white Christmas in St Paul