Christmas in the Alice (GREG HASTINGS) KEY C Christmas in the Alice is like no other place i know Santa doesn't like it much 'cause there isn't any snow His reindeer get all grumpy as the waterholes go dry For when it's stinkin' hot down here its bloody hard to fly Dressed up like a polar bear isn't very wise His nose gets even redder and the sweat runs in his eyes Once he nearly missed us and his nose began to freak By the time he turned the whole thing 'round he'd got to Tennant creek He always seems to make it & he's full of Christmas cheer For when he's finally landed he's guaranteed a beer He leaves behind his presents with a cheery ho ho smile Then they pour him back upon his sled and off he roars in style Now someone once asked him if he'd ever lived in fear Of ever being caught one day drunk in charge of deer He gave a little chuckle with a twinkle in his eye You may have cops with bags down here but none of them can fly And then there was this rumour, or so I've heard it said He once used six white boomers to pull along his sled He thought it was a good idea while travelling in the bush But they hopped of in the scrub one day and left him there to push So if you should spend Christmas out in Alice springs Be very well prepared mate for some bloody funny things Big fat men in polar suits screaming across the sky And sweaty grumpy reindeers complaining as they fly Through all the dust the flies the heat and every thing it brings Carrying all the pressies out back to Alice springs I told to you this story 'cause I thought you all should know Santa doesn't like it much 'cause there isn't any snow AT APR99
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