i come down the steps i slip on the ice santa claus been lookin' who's been naughty, who's been nice i'm looking for one thing real tonight jesus he comes up to me, jesus he sits down says take this fuckin' cross off my back, i'm goin' downtown i said aw, but ain't that your uniform he offers me a toke he says 2000 years is long enough for this particular joke he says i'm lookin' for one thing real tonight and i sit here singin' these songs every night sometimes i want to just make 'em all up on the spot maybe they wouldn't rhyme too good, they might not make sense but then at least i wouldn't be repeating myself i'm looking for one thing real tonight and you're the one i've chosen and i guess you've chosen me let's turn off the commercials let's turn off the t.v. how well can we get to know each other in an hour we can fight the daylight we have that power i'm looking for one thing real tonight van gogh sits next to me, with a bucketful of paste he rips off my ear and says glue this to my face i'd like to leave america for someplace where they would not know a word of english and i might be understood i'm looking for one thing real tonight
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