I Ate The Cherries

from Ya Mon, It's Rastamas by The Van Bloom Brothers

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I ate the cherries
As I decorated the Christmas tree
I drank the sherry
As I decorated the Christmas tree

Yeah, all around in my home town
Power bills they not going down
The reason there is plain to see
It’s from the lights on the Christmas tree
Yeah the lights on the Christmas trees
So I say

I ate the cherries
Waiting to open my presents
I drank the sherry
Excited to know my gift’s contents

I wonder what Santa got me
Maybe socks? I don’t know
Every time I sneak a peak
Mama comes and she tell me “No”
Wait ‘til Christmas morning then you’ll know
And so

I ate the cherries
Waiting to open all my presents
I drank the sherry
Excited to know my gift’s contents

Santa came my way one day
All the way to my home town, yeah
I got so excited I couldn’t calm down
Just jumping up and down
So I went, I went, I went to bed and I say
In the morning I will play

I ate the cherries
Wondering what is under the tree
I drank the sherry
Wondering what Santa left for me

Curiosity got the better of me
And what is to be must be
I snuck out of bed and down the hall
Trying to catch Santa in the act
But he saw me, took all my presents all back
I say

I ate the cherries
But that’s all I get for being naughty
I drank the sherry
Santa took my gifts away from me

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from Ya Mon, It's Rastamas, released December 24, 2014

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