Christmas Time In The City Lyrics - Come Darkness Come Light: Twelve Songs Christmas - Mary Chapin Carpenter

Well I walked to town in the pouring rain 

Paid my fare and I rode that train 

To the station under the avenue 

Hit the air at the stroke of noon 

At the cross streets where I staked my claim 

I played in tune with the winter rain 

Collecting dimes and dollar bills 

While the noisy traffic played the fills 

And it's Christmas time in the city 

When the air is filled with cheer 

And the storefronts look this pretty only once a year 

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Well the vendors huddled and the taxis honked 

As I played for change beneath the neon clock 

Was dressed up looking like a Christmas tree 

Blinking down on that busy street 

When the crowd thinned out and the rain had quit 

And my fingers felt cold and stiff 

I took their money and I closed my case 

And I headed back towards home again 

And it's Christmas time in the city 

When the air is filled with cheer 

And the storefronts look this pretty only once a year 

As I walked back to the subway stairs 

I had twenty eight dollars in change for fare 

There was an old bag lady with an outstretched hand 

And a small Salvation Army band 

Playing Angels We Have Heard on High 

The First Noel and O Holy Night 

I folded up one dollar bill 

And I tucked it down into the till 

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And it's Christmas time in the city 

When the air is filled with cheer 

And the storefronts look this pretty only once a year 

And it's Christmas time in the city 

When the air is filled with cheer 

And the storefronts look this pretty only once a year 

And it's Christmas time in the city