Christmas In California

Miles of sun-baked traffic jams,
Filled with shoppers in European road sedans,
Egg-nog by the pool while you deepen your tan,
It's Christmas in California.

Circling the mall for your parking spot,
Credit card limits pushed right to the top,
Buy the boss's kid a present, though you think he's a snot,
It's Christmas in California.
CHORUS
It's Christmas, Christmas, Christmas in California

Nuclear reactors working overtime,
To light displays in front of houses, man, they're really fine,
See them all the way from jupiter, hey, look at 'em shine,
It's Christmas in California.

(repeat CHORUS 2x)
BRIDGE
I know it doesn't look like Christmas,
It's hot and sunny (smoggy), every day of the year,
But if everyone loves a white Christmas,
Why do they all move here?

Living on the faultline, paying maximum rent,
They're gonna raise the sales tax another 3 percent,
I'd be out of here by new years, if I had any sense,
It's Christmas in California.

(repeat CHORUS 4x)
SPOKEN:
Looky here, we got new age greetings coming over the fax. Solicitations on the car phone, they're just never off our backs. Calling for big donations, to save the ozone, whales, and yaks. Christmas in California. Sittin' at my favorite bistro, they got some fabulous things here, jalapeno-raisin turkey cooked in Japanese beer, cilantro plum pudding, whipped asparagus spears. It's no wonder everybody's so slender out here. Waitress, could you bring the kids and I another dijon-mint cocoa? Heavy on the curry this time please. It really brings out the flavor of the chestnut-anchovy paste. Hey kids, when we're done here, let's go over to the mall. I hear they got a Santa who'll throw the I Ching to help you decide what presents he should bring you.

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