Christmas Nights in Blue

Just another night in New York City
 Snow comes down looks, real pretty
 Don't know how, but suddenly there you are
 With Jelly Roll Morton playin' for the bar
 Inside here, lights are low
 But each song has its own glow
 As he floats them through that smokey air
 We just can't believe he's really there.
 How old is he?
 Cannot say.
 But claims he taught Cab Calloway
 And on this night
 I somehow believe him
 Knows every song that Christmas got
 Even ones my brain has dropped
 Just him and that old fir tree
 All lit up this night
 Electric blue
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 Just another night in New York City
 Snow comes down, looks real pretty
 Can't believe, but somehow there you are
 Talking with strangers sittin' cross the bar
 Suddenly, all are laughin'
 This night's smart, always craftin'
 Building bridges nearly everywhere
 Hits a wall, it just builds a stairs
 Outside the colored lights they bleed
 For snow is white and colors need
 As it just comes down like pure salvation
 It offers all its amnesty
 And makes your neighbor different see
 By the light of that fir tree
 And this old bar
 Electrified in blue
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 I gotta drop dead, simple, childhood view of salvation
 Perhaps that's how it was always meant to be
 And the more I add up all this information
 It seems it all comes down in the end to you and me
 And you look around till you find a phone
 Then you call your mom and everyone at home
 And the bar looks on and they start to cheer
 When you talk to folks you haven't seen in years
 And the snow comes down
 And the children play
 And they pray to God
 It never goes away
 And a childhood prayer
 Should never be denied
 As the night rolls on
 Till it's carolized
 Carolized, Carolized
 Carolized, Carolized
 And on this tree
 The lights are done
 But the colors here are down one
 I guess it kind of fits the situation
 Ornaments still shining bright
 Watch them glitter in the light
 Just this old fir tree and me
 All lit up this night Electric blue