Goood effort at getting the lyrics right - every other site I've come across has got them all wrong.
Here are some corrections:
"I wish for you the stars baby" is "I wish for you the stars, babe." (I think ...)
"May no ill wind blow you way-whispered you will keep sake up there" is:
"May no ill wind blow your way
whispered you will keep safe
up there in your leather babe
with your ivory and apes"
(As a side note, Nick re-used the "ivory and apes" line in another song/Boatman's Call Outtake titled Still Your Face Comes Shining Through.)
I think your "things down here are fragmented, frankly they've exploded all over the rooom" lyric is spot on, which is wonderful, because I couldn't really understand the slurred "franlly they've" line until I read this while listening to the song. So, thanks.
"May your day be as bright as the Ivories(?). The girl that I once knew." is:
"May your day be as bright as the eyes
of the girl that I once knew"
I miss your manic scratches/scratchings?
Everything else is correct, from what I can tell. It's a pity that the song cuts off after about 5 minutes. I've heard that the original is about 7 minutes long, but have not been able to find it anywhere (or the rest of the lyrics) ...
Anyway, here's the whole song with corrections:
I wish you happy Christmas,
I do dear, I do
I wish for you the stars, babe
and I wish for you the moon
You can sit and you can drink your champagne
with your gibbering goon
I hope he's being good to you
I do ,dear, I do
May no ill wind blow your way
whispered you will keep safe
up there in your leather, babe
with your ivory and apes
Things down here are fragmented, frankly,
they've exploded all over the room.
I think everything's a little off-centre, babe,
I do, dear, I do.
You said that to love me you must set me free, ah,
That may all be very well
Still I miss you, baby
more than words can really tell.
Sometimes I cannot sleep
the greatness of my hate for you
Sometimes I cannot sleep
for I miss you
May your day be as bright as the eyes
of the girl that I once knew.
May your sun be happy yellow,
and your sky be baby blue.
I miss your manic scratches/scratchings(?)
and your howling at the moon.
Ten steps behind me,
with your dust pan and your broom.
I hope you wish for me
all the things I wish for you -
health, hope and happiness,
the sun and the moon.
Say hello to the one
who really don't have a clue.
I'll be calling you soon,
I think I love you,
I do, dear, I do.
Goood effort at getting the lyrics right - every other site I've come across has got them all wrong.
Here are some corrections:
"I wish for you the stars baby" is "I wish for you the stars, babe." (I think ...)
"May no ill wind blow you way-whispered you will keep sake up there" is:
"May no ill wind blow your way whispered you will keep safe up there in your leather babe with your ivory and apes"
(As a side note, Nick re-used the "ivory and apes" line in another song/Boatman's Call Outtake titled Still Your Face Comes Shining Through.)
I think your "things down here are fragmented, frankly they've exploded all over the rooom" lyric is spot on, which is wonderful, because I couldn't really understand the slurred "franlly they've" line until I read this while listening to the song. So, thanks.
"May your day be as bright as the Ivories(?). The girl that I once knew." is:
"May your day be as bright as the eyes of the girl that I once knew"
I miss your manic scratches/scratchings?
Everything else is correct, from what I can tell. It's a pity that the song cuts off after about 5 minutes. I've heard that the original is about 7 minutes long, but have not been able to find it anywhere (or the rest of the lyrics) ...
Anyway, here's the whole song with corrections:
I wish you happy Christmas, I do dear, I do I wish for you the stars, babe and I wish for you the moon
You can sit and you can drink your champagne with your gibbering goon I hope he's being good to you I do ,dear, I do
May no ill wind blow your way whispered you will keep safe up there in your leather, babe with your ivory and apes
Things down here are fragmented, frankly, they've exploded all over the room. I think everything's a little off-centre, babe, I do, dear, I do.
You said that to love me you must set me free, ah, That may all be very well Still I miss you, baby more than words can really tell.
Sometimes I cannot sleep the greatness of my hate for you Sometimes I cannot sleep for I miss you
May your day be as bright as the eyes of the girl that I once knew. May your sun be happy yellow, and your sky be baby blue.
I miss your manic scratches/scratchings(?) and your howling at the moon. Ten steps behind me, with your dust pan and your broom.
I hope you wish for me all the things I wish for you - health, hope and happiness, the sun and the moon. Say hello to the one who really don't have a clue. I'll be calling you soon, I think I love you, I do, dear, I do.