Happy Holidays

I needed a Christmas song for Slow Jam, a musical get-together I do most every month, but I couldn't find one that really captured the feeling I wanted to convey. So I wrote this last night.

Broke-down Christmas Blues

Oh, Santa, Santa Claus, hear me sing these Christmas blues
Oh, Santa, Santa Claus, hear me sing these Christmas blues
Man I got holes in my pockets clean down through the soles of my shoes

Oh Santa, Santa Claus please bring my kids Playstation 3
Oh Santa, Santa Claus please bring my kids Playstation 3
You know they broke, they broke the last one, and get so bored just watchin' TV

Oh Santa, Santa Claus please Santa won't you understand
Oh Santa, Santa Claus please Santa won't you understand
I got to get a cell-phone for my Little Princess and a $200 skateboard for my Little Man

Oh Santa, Santa Claus, please bring a fur coat for wife
Oh Santa, Santa Claus, please bring a fur coat for wife
You know I promised it last year; if you don’t she’ll take my life!

Oh, Santa, Santa Claus, I need a brand-new Cadillac car
Oh, Santa, Santa Claus, I need a brand-new Cadillac car
You know a Four Hundred Dollar paycheck, Santa it just don’t stretch too far.

[breakdown]
Now Santa I done told you that I been good all year
I paid my tithes, I paid my taxes, and my union dues, I swear
I made my two car payments, and I paid my landlord, too
I even paid 4 memberships to the San Diego Zoo

Oh, Santa, Santa Claus, hear me sing these broke-down Christmas blues
Man I got holes in my Credit-Card clean down through the soles of my shoes