Xmas With Simon
Lyrics
Do not fret, rest your head, Jesus had no fear
Do not fret, rest your head, Xmas time is here
Castle in the snow, Southern white sign
No explanation for the lights
Empires were tumbling, pity the people in the desert
Jesus did
Pity the people who had too much dessert
Jesus
Big old nice old house
It's Christmas
In old English village
Jesus
It's that time again
It's Christmas
And those films again
Born in a barn
Surrounded by animals
No set amount to the number of diseases
Died at the age of 33
Which is as good a time as any (2)
White outside
Bowl of light glows
Slow march of the humble
Wrong shall fail and the right prevail (3)
Jesus
Big old nice old house
It's Christmas
In old English village
Jesus
It's that time again
It's Christmas
And those films again
Do not fret, rest your head, Jesus had no fear
Do not fret, save your breath, Xmas time is here
Jesus
Big old nice old house
In old English village
With candles in it
It's Christmas
It's that time again
And those films again
Jesus
It's Christmas
House of gold
Castle in the snow
Jesus
It's Christmas
Jesus
It's Christmas
Notes
1. "Simon" is Fall drummer Simon Wolstencroft, who plays keyboards here as the following remarks (thanks to Reformation) make clear:
I find it extremely hard to believe that anyone who listens to the Fall for more than 30 seconds can be of the opinion that the band has no sense of humor, much less this being some sort of consensus among those "outside" the band, and I doubt it's actually true, but it is certainly possible that a critic or two has said this about the band. Whoever did clearly disqualified anything else they have to say about the Fall from serious consideration.
2. MES Sage points out that Smith was 33 at the time of recording (December 1990). This is of course the age tradition ascribes to Jesus Christ at the time of his crucifixion...
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Comments (10)

- 1. | 24/07/2014

- 2. | 26/01/2017

- 3. | 30/12/2018

- 4. | 20/01/2019

- 5. | 22/02/2019
Which is good as age as any
= Joke!
Smith was 33 at time of recording

- 6. | 16/04/2019
I'm sure MES would have enjoyed the parallel.

- 7. | 21/06/2019

- 8. | 24/12/2020

- 9. | 25/07/2022

- 10. | 25/07/2022
https://youtu.be/pFYLNxKktFo?t=334
"Do not fret, rest your head, Jesus had no fear
Do not fret, save your breath, Christmas time is here"
And the last "big old nice old house" is "With candles in it", rather than just "With candles"