Getting Ready For Christmas Day Lyrics - So Beautiful Or So What - Paul Simon

From early in November to the last week of December 

I got money matters weighing me down 

Oh the music may be merry, but it's only temporary 

I know Santa Claus is coming to town 

In the days I work my day job, in the nights I work my night 

But it all comes down to working man's pay 

Getting ready, I'm getting ready, ready for Christmas Day 

Reverend Gates: 

Getting ready for Christmas Day. 

And let me tell you, namely, the undertaker, he's getting ready for your body 

Not only that, the jailer he's getting ready for you. 

Christmas Day. Hmm? And not only the jailer, but the lawyer, the police force 

Now getting ready for Christmas Day, and I want you to bear it in mind. 

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I got a nephew in Iraq it's his third time back 

But it's ending up the way it began 

With the luck of a beginner he'll be eating turkey dinner 

On some mountain top in Pakistan 

Getting ready, oh we're getting ready 

For the power and the glory and the story of the 

Christmas Day 

Reverend Gates: 

Getting ready, for Christmas Day. Done made it up in your mind that I'm going, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago. I'm going, on a trip, getting ready, for Christmas Day. But when Christmas come, nobody knows where you'll be. You might ask me. I may be layin' in some lonesome grave, getting ready, for Christmas Day. 

Getting ready oh we're getting ready 

For the power and the glory and the story of the 

Christmas Day 

Yes, we're getting ready 

Reverend Gates: 

Getting ready, ready for your prayers, "I'm going and see my relatives in a distant land." 

Getting ready, getting ready for Christmas Day. 

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If I could tell my Mom and Dad that the things we never had 

Never mattered we were always okay 

Getting ready, oh ready, ready for Christmas Day 

Ready, getting ready 

For the power and the glory and the story of the 

Christmas Day