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Boxing Day Blues Lyrics

I know that I let you down.
You're not keen on what you found.
When's the funeral?
Do you want me to come?

I'm not what you're looking for,
My house has an open door.
You need a lock and a key.

I love all of your ideas,
You love the idea of me...
Lover, I've got no idea.

Lover, I've got no idea.
Lover, I've got no idea.
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Cover art for Boxing Day Blues lyrics by Courtney Barnett

In the Commonwealth, Boxing Day is the day after Christmas. Apparently this song is about an incident a few years ago when her girlfriend's mother died on Christmas Day. The girlfriend was desperately trying to reach her, but she was, by her own account, "out getting drunk somewhere" and couldn't be reached ("I let you down"). Somehow their relationship survived, though.

 
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