Sometimes You Have To Work On Christmas Lyrics - Singles - Harvey Danger

A studio apartment in a dull part of seattle 

A strand of light suspended by a thumbtack in the drywall 

The restaurants are closed 

So are the record shops, the banks, and bars, and bartel drugs, 

And so's the half price bookstore 

But the movies are always open 

And I always have to open 

A repertory movie house 

Well life is not so wonderful 

For 15 soggy patrons who have no better place to be 

Not to mention me 

I'm working for a holiday wage 

My family is two time zones away, 

I'm supposed to call them 

My vodka and snow is melting 

The alcohol isn't helping 

Sometimes you have to work on christmas, sometimes 

You have to work on christmas, sometimes 

You gotta work on christmas, 

I doubt I'll miss this 

There's an artificial tree blinking in the lobby, 

Sitting on the coffee table, yea 

Strangers and spare changers stand in line like poor relations 

At some kind of sad reunion 

And I'm selling the tickets 

They come in out of the weather 

For christmas alone together 

Sometimes you have to work on christmas, sometimes 

You have to work on christmas, sometimes 

You have to work on christmas, 

I doubt I'll miss this next year 

Sometimes you have to work on christmas, sometimes 

You gotta work on christmas, sometimes 

You have to work on christmas, 

I doubt I'll miss this at all