Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Cold White Christmas lyrics

Cap & gown in purple & gold You're 22 years old & a woman now you're told Aunt Beth & Charlie cut a check for the graduating niece And you marked your independence with a signature on a lease But home was a photograph you taped to your wall It's gonna be a cold white Christmas in St Paul Beer for breakfast who's gonna scold You've got your early hours dulled by the cigarettes you rolled Second shift as a fry cook that's your holiday in grease And you trudge to work through the snow in a coat down to your knees And you linger at the twinkle lights as you pa** by the mall And count the days to a cold white Christmas in St Paul Feather down the nights get so cold And you ignore the smell of mold as you smooth out the folds When you're on your own you've got no one to please In a Minnesota city just as bare & as mean as the winter trees But you'll be damned if you're the one making collect calls On a cold white Christmas in St Paul Yeah it's a cold white Christmas in St Paul