Shouldn't Have Given Him a Gun for Christmas

There's been snow covered Christmases And ones just of rain Of smoked hams and warm bread And shiny toy trains And though they've always been different They've all been the best Yet there's one I remember More tenderly than all the rest It all began with Uncle Jack He made a crack and wouldn't take it back Dad was drinking, he got sore There was a flash, and a crash It took the manger on the floor Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas Shouldn't have given him a gun, gun, gun Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas Look what Daddy has done, done, done! He put two slugs into the neighbor's door And kicked upon a raging scene The plastic baby Jesus he blew to smithereens I can't think about the nine year old Who only seems ten And how he went on cavelling to the doors of now dead man, oh Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas Shouldn't have given him a gun, gun, gun Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas Look what Daddy has done, done, done! Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas Shouldn't have given him a gun, gun, gun Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas Look what Daddy has done, done, done! O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum Wie treu sind deine Biätter! Du grünst nicht nur zur Sommerzeit Nein, auch im Winter, wenn es schneit O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum Wie treu sind deine Biätter! Of course I could have been pizzas and all that but- Oooo, yeah! Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas Shouldn't have given him a gun, gun, gun Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas Look what Daddy has done, done, done! Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas Shouldn't have given him a gun, gun, gun Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas Look what Daddy has done, done, done! Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas Shouldn't have given him a gun, gun, gun Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas Look what Daddy has done, done, done! Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas! Look what Daddy has done, done, done! Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas Shouldn't have given him a gun, gun, gun Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas Look what Daddy has done, done, done! Shouldn't have given him a gun for Christmas!