Christmas In Capetown Lyrics by Randy Newman

Christmas In Capetown Lyrics

    Every night
    In jungletown
    All the boogies in the street
    Radios turned up very loud
    Playin' dancing queen
    They love our music

    This english girl from the north somewhere
    Is stayin' with me at my place
    Drinkin' up all my beer
    Talkin' about the poor niggers all the time
    It's a real disgrace, she says
    I tell her, darling, don't talk about things
    You don't understand
    I tell her, darling, don't talk about something
    You don't know anything about
    I tell her, darling, if you don't like it here
    Go back to your own miserable country

    It's christmas in cape town but it ain't the same
    Oh, the boys on the beach are still blowin'
    And the summer wind still kicks the clouds around

    You know my little brother, babe
    Well, he works out at the diamond mine
    I drove him out there at five this mornin'
    The niggers were waitin' in a big long line
    You know those big old lunch pails they carry, man
    With a picture of star wars painted on the side
    They were starin' at us real hard with
    Their big ugly yellow eyes
    You could feel it
    You could feel it

    It's christmas in cape town but it ain't the same
    The stores are open all the time
    And little kids on skateboards cut in and out of the crowd
    And the christmas lights still shine
    Myself, i don't like to drink the way
    I used to, man, you know
    It don't seem to get me high
    And the beer don't taste the way it
    Ought to taste somehow
    And i don't know why

    Don't talk to me about the planes
    Man, i've heard it
    Just take a look around
    What are we gonna do, blow up
    The whole damn country?

    It's christmas in cape town
    It's christmas in cape town
    It's christmas in cape town

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