Fairytale
Ronan Keating feat. Maire Brennan Lyrics

It was Christmas Eve, babe
The story begins on Christmas Eve

In the drunk tank
The singer is in custody due to being drunk

An old man said to me, won't see another one
An old man spoke to the singer, implying it could be his last Christmas alive

And then he sang a song
The old man sang a song

"The Rare Old Mountain Dew"
The song the old man sang was "The Rare Old Mountain Dew"

I turned my face away
The singer turned away from the old man

And dreamed about you
The singer thought of someone special

Got on a lucky one
The artist had good luck

Came in eighteen to one
The artist made an unexpected win at betting odds of 18 to 1

I've got a feeling
The artist feels confident about the future

This year's for me and you
The future is promising for the singer and someone special

So happy Christmas
The artist wishes everyone a happy Christmas

I love you, baby
The singer expresses love for someone special

I can see a better time
The singer imagines a better future

When all our dreams come true
The future will be ideal when their dreams are fulfilled

They've got cars big as bars
New York is a place of wealth and luxury

They've got rivers of gold
New York is a place of wealth and luxury

But the wind goes right through you
The cold weather in New York is unpleasant

It's no place for the old
New York is not a place for the elderly

When you first took my hand
The artist recalls a former lover taking their hand

On a cold Christmas Eve
The moment happened on a previous Christmas Eve

You promised me
The former lover made a promise

Broadway was waiting for me
The promise was to take the singer to Broadway

You were handsome
The former lover was attractive

You were pretty
The former lover was attractive

Queen of New York City
The former lover was a queenlike figure in New York

When the band finished playing
The band stopped playing music

They howled out for more
The audience demanded more music

Sinatra was swinging,
Frank Sinatra was performing

All the drunks they were singing
The drunk people sang along to the music

We kissed on a corner
The singer and former lover shared a kiss on a street corner

Then danced through the night
They danced through the night

The boys of the NYPD choir
The NYPD choir is made up of male singers

Were singing "Galway Bay"
The NYPD choir sang "Galway Bay"

And the bells were ringing out
Bells could be heard ringing

For Christmas day
It was Christmas day

You're a bum
The singer insults someone

You're a punk
The singer insults someone

You're an old slut on junk
The singer insults someone

Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
The person being insulted is lying in a bed receiving medical treatment

You scumbag, you maggot
The artist continues to insult the person

You're cheap and you're haggard
The singer continues to insult the person

Happy Christmas your arse
The singer wishes a sarcastic Merry Christmas to the person being insulted

I pray God it's our last
The artist wishes to no longer have contact with the person being insulted

I could have been someone
The artist had potential

Well, so could anyone
Anyone could have had potential

You took my dreams from me
The former lover took away the singer's dreams

When I first found you
The former lover is the one that the artist thought about earlier

I kept them with me, babe
The singer held onto their dreams

I put them with my own
The singer's own dreams are also important to them

Can't make it all alone
The singer needs someone to help fulfill their dreams

I've built my dreams around you
The former lover is central to the artist's dreams

Na, na, na, na, na, na
Refrain that signals the end of the song