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Phill Jupitus - Mistletoe in The Bell, 1980
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Mistletoe in The Bell, 1980
Phill Jupitus
That Christmas Eve
Emotionally speaking
I was never built
For the events
My resilience seemingly
Constructed by cowboys
On a Friday
On a bank holiday
In weak mitigation
We were both smashed
And so was he
It was nothing personal
Just a bit of fun
To you it was nothing
To me it was everything
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