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           Dear Father Christmas 

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           with your white, fluffy whiskers 

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           instead of just a letter I am writing you a    
             
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           song this year 

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           Its not for the money 


           I'm not being funny 


           It's for something else to do with the    
                  
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           season of good cheer 

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           Dear Father Christmas 

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           Can I ask for this much? 

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           How about some love and understanding in     
              
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           this world? 

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           Peace between each nation 


           An end to all starvation 


           If only for the sake of every boy and every 
 
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           girl 

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           Dear Father Christmas 

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           I know it's good for business 

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           But haven't we enough atomic bombs to kill 

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           us all? 

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           A thousand times over 


           The world could be in clover 


           If only greedy people didn't think so Goddam 

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           small 

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           ps: Father Christmas 

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           For my brothers and my sisters 

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           Give them all a happy time, and teach them 

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           how to get along 

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           Though it's just a Christmas single 


           With lots of bells that jingle
 

           I hope someday the world will never have to 

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           hear this kind of song  


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           la la la la la,  la la la la la la,

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           la la la la la la la la  la la la la la 

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           Though it's just a Christmas single 


           With lots of bells that jingle 

              
           I hope someday the world will never have to 

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           hear this kind of song 


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           La la la la la, la la la la la,

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           La la la la la la, la la la la la,

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           Dear Father Christmas 

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           With your white, fluffy whiskers 

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           here's lots of love and kisses.