Vultures Of Christmas

| C | C || C | C | C G C The ads on the telly show homesteads F G with fairy lights glowing inside. F C And when I hear my doorbell ringing G G I look for somewhere to hide. C G C Well, I know that the neighbours are talking F G and I know what they all like to say. F G They say: "That one has nothing to her name", G C now they're trying to take it away. F C 'Cause you can't pay the rent with a candle, G C you can't build a house with the flame. F C You can't expect something from nothing G C C and you can't expect different from the same. (Attention line 5 on "wine" C G C You better keep up your a-payments, F G it's the bit they don't want you to see. F C Now, I'm singing: my daughter is trouble G G but I know the real trouble is me. C F C Too much wine, too much vodka F G and the tears are starting to run. F G I won't see the face of my daughter G C when she finds out what I've done. F C 'Cause you can't pay the rent with a candle, G C you can't build a house with the flame. F C You can't expect something from nothing G C you can't expect different from the same. | F | C | G | C C7 | | F | C | G | C | C | C G C On Christmas Day it was snowing F G and the house was as quiet as can be, F C the neighbours outside are still talking G G saying "How in the hell can this be?" C G C Now the daughter will stay at her uncle's F C and the banks all have nothing to say. F C But the Vultures of Christmas had got her, G C* she was buried on Stephen's Day.