Always Winter But Never Christmas
Rip Van Ruben
Bungalow
It's Snowing Angels
Demo cassette available only to attendees of the
XTC Music and Friends Convention 1991.
Always Winter But Never Christmas
Always winter but never christmas
You won't open your box or kiss under this
How can I let you know?Always easter but never egg giving
Crucify me, I just don't call this living
How can I let you know?Can't you hear the bells ringing out?
Can't you hear the fishmongers shout?
That the way to live is celebrate and give
Stop it being, always winter but never christmasAlways ageing but never birthday
Told your last joke and threw your mirth away
Oh how can I let you know?
Always turkey time, never thanksgiving
Share some gold out, but don't just sit there sievingHow can I let you know?
Can't you read the words upon the wall?
Can't you hear the butcher boy's call?
That we need to share, love between each pair
Stop it being, always winter but never christmasI'd unwrap you if you'd only step down from your tree
From your present, into some undone future with meAlways winter but never christmas
Always thatmas but never thismas
Oh how can I let you know?Can't you hear the bells ringing out?
Can't you hear the fishmongers shout?
That the way to live is celebrate and give
That we need to share, love between each pair
Warm it up
Always winter but never christmasRip Van Ruben
Rip Van Ruben
You've been asleep for a hundred seconds
Now the whole world has changed
There's no home on the range
For Rip Van RubenYou've been asleep for a hundred minutes
Now you've woke and she's gone
All alone in a dark new dawn
Sits Rip Van RubenDon't let it get you down
Hop on a tram and go up town
Watch a silent film
See the biplanes fly bye byeEverything new and upside down
Pinching yourself through your dressing gown
Won't bring her back
But your bruise is real and blackJump into bed and dream her back where she was
Dream you're Frank L. Richards and this is the great Land of Oz
When your alarm clock goes off
You will find that she has too!Rip Van Ruben
You've been asleep for a hundred seconds
Now your whole world's turned round
And the house makes an empty sound for
Rip Van RubenDon't let it freak you out
You'll find another girl no doubt
And someday soon
Maybe man will reach the moonJump into bed and dream her back where she belongs
Dream you're Fu Manchu and she's a slave to your tongs
When all the past evaporates
You will find that she has tooRip Van Ruben
You've been asleep for a hundred seconds
Now you've woke and she's gone
Instant desserts just for one
Rip Van RubenBungalow
Bungalow
Bungalow
By the seaBungalow
In the sea air
Climbing rose
Time to spareLuxury accommodation traps the sun
So we're working every hour that God made
So we can fly away
Saving it all up for youBungalow
Bungalow
Silver shore line
In the gorse
You can be mineStanding prime position for the town
Working for this vision through our lives
So we can fly away
Saving it all up for youBungalow
Bungalow
You wait and seeIt's Snowing Angels
(Guest appearance by The Dukes of Stratosphear)
It's snowing angels, on my front porch
Take a broom and sweep one in
I'm such a lucky guy, such a lucky guy
Even though my shoes have broken
I can't deny my toes
The right to fresh air
And the joy of poking through
It's snowing angels
Hope I'll catch me oneIt's snowing angels
By my window
Take a net and fish one in
I'm such a lucky guy, such a lucky guy
Even though I got no money
This bear won't be hibernating
Or I'd miss the sight of all the honey strolling by
It's snowing angels
Hope I'll catch me oneI'm such a lucky guy, such a lucky guy
Even though my shoes have broken
I can't deny my toes
The right to fresh air
And the joy of poking through
It's snowing angels
Hope I'll catch me
Hope I'll catch me
Hope I'll catch me one
