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I'm dressin' up like Santa Claus on Christmas, as soon as I can get out on parole
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I'll hang out on your street, your kids I'd love to meet, as soon as I get out of this rat-hole
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And I won't mind just a-slidin' down your chimney, cause I just spent fifteen years a-shovelin' coal
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So, I'm Dressin' Up Like Santa Claus on Christmas, as soon as I can get out on parole
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I'm anxious to get out among the living, and I'm makin' up a list of those to see
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Duded up in red and white, instead of these old stripes, just think of how surprised they're gonna be
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The old home town will sure be glad to see me, cause by now it slipped their minds how much I stole
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And I'm dressin' up like Santa Claus on Christmas, as soon as I can get out on parole (Oh, play it boys)
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I'm careful to be on my best behavior, 'cause the warden's watching every thing I do
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Thank God he didn't see that fight in cell block three, or I'd be stuck here 'till I'm ninety-two
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Just a few more questions from that nice committee, then through those rusty gates I'll proudly stroll
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And I'm dressin' up like Santa Claus on Christmas, as soon as I can get out on parole
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Just as soon as I can - get out on parole . . . (I'm home!)