one thing real by Dan Bern

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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Last updated on 5/18/98


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