SLOW AS CHRISTMAS
(Clint Black / Hayden Nicholas)

Clint Black - 1995


You're as slow as Christmas, I was up before the dawn
Up so fast I missed it, or is that old saying wrong
Ev'ry Christmas Day makes ev'ry other day seem long
What seemed would never get here has so quickly come and gone

I've heard old sayin's, old clichés, and most o' them make sense
But we're wiser in our younger days, not easily convinced
There's no way to look ahead with the wool over your eyes
It seems that Santa's sled isn't the only thing that flies

You're as slow as Christmas, I was up before the dawn
Up so fast I missed it, or is that old saying wrong
Ev'ry Christmas Day makes ev'ry other day seem long
What seemed would never get here has so quickly come and gone

We're bringin' in another year, let's throw that old one back
A fine new train, I'll be the engineer and hurry down the track
While I know that time is standin' still, I hear that old cliché
And I'm more convinced it does until that one December day

When I'm as slow as Christmas, I'll be up before the dawn
I'm not gonna miss this, I know that old saying's wrong
Ev'ry Christmas Day makes ev'ry other day seem long
What seemed would never get here has so quickly come and gone
Come and gone


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2005)