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'Christmas Card 1983' by Les Bicyclettes de Belsize. Written by Les Bicyclettes de Belsize. Recorded and produced at The Studio at the End of the Universe. A Shamrock Street Productin.

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I bought a Christmas card for you …
in winter, 1982
It didn’t seem so bad …
it was all the time we had

You made a mix-tape just for me …
the sounds of 1983
It didn’t seem so bad …
they were all the songs we had

Cliché time again …
to fall in love like Cary Grant
In ‘The Bishop’s Wife’ …
It’s a wonderful life
it’s a wonderful life

As the brass band plays
Johnny falling from his sleigh
And why it gets so hard
to see that Christmas card
And as the snow falls down
Jenny kisses Johnny’s crown
And why it’s still so hard
to find that Christmas card

A late night shop on Oxford Street …
I bought you records from HMV
It wasn’t all that bad …
I spent all the money that I had

I wrapped them up in shades of blue …
‘Aztec Camera’ and ‘Orange Juice’
It wasn’t all that bad …
Sent with all the love I had

Cliché time again …
to fall in love like Loretta Young
In ‘The Bishop’s Wife’ …
It’s a wonderful life
it’s a wonderful life

As the brass band plays
Johnny falling from his sleigh
And why it gets so hard
to see that Christmas card
And as the snow falls down
Jenny kisses Johnny’s crown
And why it’s still so hard
to find that Christmas card

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from Dufflecoats and Christmas Cards, released December 8, 2016

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Les Bicyclettes de Belsize London, UK

Imagine Grant McLennan fronting a band including Al Stewart, Ray Davies & members of Belle & Sebastian, and you will have a rough idea of the folky, indie, DIY, acoustic songs of Les Bicyclettes de Belsize. Melodic gems, arranged with acerbic, sometimes heartfelt observational & lyrical wit - "evokes a lost past" "tunes that mainline into your heart & soul" "wistful melancholy" some say! ... more

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