While the music played you worked by candlelight
Those San Francisco nights
You were the best in town
Just by chance you crossed the diamond with the pearl
You turned it on the world
That's when you turned the world around
Did you feel like Jesus
Did you realize
That you were a champion in their eyes
On the hill the stuff was laced with kerosene
But yours was kitchen clean
Everyone stopped to stare at your technicolor motor home
Every A-Frame had your number on the wall
You must have had it all
You'd go to L.A. on a dare
And you'd go it alone
Could you live forever
Could you see the day
Could you feel your whole world fall apart and fade away
CHORUS:
Get along, get along Kid Charlemagne
Get along Kid Charlemagne
Now your patrons have all left you in the red
Your low rent friends are dead
This life can be very strange
All those dayglow freaks who used to paint the face
They've joined the human race
Some things will never change
Son you were mistaken
You are obsolete
Look at all the white men on the street
CHORUS
Clean this mess up else we'll all end up in jail
Those test tubes and the scale
Just get them all out of here
Is there gas in the car
Yes, there's gas in the car
I think the people down the hall
Know who you are
Careful what you carry
'Cause the man is wise
You are still an outlaw in their eyes
CHORUS[Verse 1:]
My mama told me that you was kinda bad
She said a guy like you ain't my kinda man
She said that you was trouble
And you wouldn't have my back
But the way you had me goin'
From the jump you was my man
[B Section:]
As the snow comes down
You're nowhere to be found
What am I to think?
The way you doing be
Santa be letting me down
[Hook:]
Shady Holiday
He just won't go away
Guess this love is here to stay
Cause I love my
Shady Holiday
[Verse 2:]
Yo mama told me you was no good, wouldn't last
But when I'm with you, wanna lick my lips and say damn
Cause I can't imagine what I'd do without you
Even though sometimes I think
That I'm not happy with what I have
[Repeat B Section and Hook Out]