(All I Want For Christmas Is A) Big Palm Tree

(All I Want For Christmas Is A)
BIG PALM TREE
Music and Lyric by Gene Mitchell
© 2008 Sailor Boy Publishing (BMI)

Verse 1
Santa doesn’t need a chimney; he can walk through a bamboo door
No need for stockings on the mantle; he can put the presents down on a teak wood floor
He doesn’t want milk and cookies; he’ll get a rum drink and key lime pie
When he asks me what I want for Christmas, I’ll look old Santa right in the eye

Chorus
All I want for Christmas is a big palm tree, a beach and a tropical sun
Those few things will remind me, that wintertime can still be so much fun
All bundled up just to go outside, is not where I want to be
You can have your snow and your mistletoe, all I want for Christmas is a big palm tree

Verse 2
Santa doesn’t need a sleigh ride, all the tides and the winds are right
He can cruise to port on a sailboat, and give all his reindeer a break tonight
Have oysters and beer at the tiki bar; it won’t be long and he’ll have no doubt
Why I asked him for the things I did; he’ll know just what I’m talking about

Chorus
All I want for Christmas is a big palm tree, a beach and a tropical sun
Those few things will remind me, that wintertime can still be so much fun
All bundled up just to go outside, is not where I want to be
You can have your snow and your mistletoe, all I want for Christmas is a big palm tree

Instrumental

Verse 3
I don’t really need a snowman; a sand castle will do just fine
No need to send me a fruitcake; the only fruit I’ll need is a slice of lime
I’ve got the holiday spirit; and I love all those Christmas songs
About chestnuts and winter wonderlands, but where coconuts grow, that’s where I belong

Chorus
All I want for Christmas is a big palm tree, a beach and a tropical sun
Those few things will remind me, that wintertime can still be so much fun
All bundled up just to go outside, is not where I want to be
You can have your snow and your mistletoe, all I want for Christmas is a big palm tree
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You can have your snow and your mistletoe
All I want for Christmas is a big palm tree