Ividyo Kliphu
Lyrics
It was Christmas Eve babe
– Kwakungu eva kakhisimusi babe
In the drunk tank
– Ethangini lokudakwa
An old man said to me: “Won’t see another one”
– Indoda endala yathi kimi: “Ngeke ngibone omunye”
And then he sang a song
– Wabe esehlabelela ingoma
The Rare Old Mountain Dew
– Amazolo Asezintabeni Amadala Angavamile
I turned my face away
– Ngashintsha ubuso bami
And dreamed about you
– Futhi waphupha ngawe
Got on a lucky one
– Nginenhlanhla
Came in eighteen to one
– Kwafika abayishumi nesishiyagalombili kuya koyedwa
I’ve got a feeling
– Nginomuzwa
This year’s for me and you
– Kulo nyaka mina nawe
So happy Christmas
– Ukhisimusi ojabulisayo
I love you baby
– Ngiyakuthanda baby
I can see a better time
– Ngibona isikhathi esingcono
When all our dreams come true
– Lapho wonke amaphupho ethu egcwaliseka
They’ve got cars big as bars, they’ve got rivers of gold
– Banemoto enkulu njengamabha, banemifula yegolide
But the wind goes right through you
– Kodwa umoya udlula kuwe
It’s no place for the old
– Ayikho indawo endala
When you first took my hand on a cold Christmas Eve
– Lapho uqala ukuthatha isandla Sami Ngobusuku obubandayo Bukakhisimusi
You promised me Broadway was waiting for me
– Wangithembisa Ukuthi Ibroadway yayingilindele
You were handsome
– Wawumuhle
You were pretty
– Wawumuhle
Queen of New York City
– Indlovukazi Yasenew York City
When the band finished playing
– Lapho iqembu liqeda ukudlala
They howled out for more
– Bakhala kakhulu
Sinatra was swinging,
– Usinatra wayeshaya,
All the drunks they were singing
– Zonke izidakwa ababezicula
We kissed on a corner
– Saqabulana ekhoneni
Then danced through the night
– Khona ke wadansa ubusuku bonke
The boys of the NYPD choir
– Abafana bekwaya YASENEW YORK
Were singing “Galway Bay”
– Babehlabelela ingoma ethi”Galway Bay”
And the bells were ringing out for Christmas day
– Futhi izinsimbi zazikhala ngosuku Lukakhisimusi
You’re a bum, you’re a punk
– Uyisiphukuphuku, uyisiphukuphuku
You’re an old slut on junk
– Uyi-slut endala emfucumfucwini
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
– Elele lapho cishe efile econsi kulowo mbhede
You scumbag, you maggot
– Wena scumbag, wena maggot
You’re cheap and you’re haggard
– Ushibhile futhi uyahlanya
Happy Christmas your arse
– Happy Christmas umhlane wakho
I pray God it’s our last
– Ngithandaza Kunkulunkulu kungokugcina kwethu
The boys of the NYPD choir
– Abafana bekwaya YASENEW YORK
Still singing “Galway Bay”
– Usahlabelela i – “Galway Bay”
And the bells are ringing out
– Futhi izinsimbi ziyakhala
For Christmas Day
– Ngosuku Lukakhisimusi
I could have been someone
– Ngangingaba umuntu
Well so could anyone
– Noma ubani angakwazi
You took my dreams from me
– Uthathe amaphupho ami kimi
When I first found you
– Lapho ngiqala ukukuthola
I kept them with me babe
– Ngazigcina nami babe
I put them with my own
– Ngazifaka ezami
Can’t make it alone
– Angikwazi ukwenza yedwa
I’ve built my dreams around you
– Ngakha amaphupho ami ngikuzungezile
The boys of the NYPD choir
– Abafana bekwaya YASENEW YORK
Still singing “Galway Bay”
– Usahlabelela i – “Galway Bay”
And the bells are ringing out
– Futhi izinsimbi ziyakhala
For Christmas Day
– Ngosuku Lukakhisimusi
