| I’ve been good, so good you know
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| Well, why do I have to suffer so Santa Claus, Santa Claus
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| Please, don’t make me suffer so Christmas come but once a year
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| Oh, won’t somebody please, please
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| Please bring me some Christmas cheer
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| I need a Christmas cheer
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| Santa clause please, please, please don’t make me suffer so Can’t take it no more
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| Mama’s been sick, oh, Lord, papa has too
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| What I want please, was just to fool me and you
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| And my brothers too
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| I went to the welfare, but I waited little too long
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| And the little I had when I started
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| Couldn’t know it was all gone
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| Lord, I’ve been good, oh, so good I know
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| Why, why, why, tell me, do I have to suffer so Now Santa Claus, Santa Claus
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| Please, please don’t make me suffer so Oh Lord, do you hear me?
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| Mama has been sick, God help her, papa has too
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| I find out when I once believed, just to fool me and you
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| I went to the welfare but I wanted a little, a little, a little, a little help
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| I just can’t I gotta help myself but, wait a minute
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| It seems, seems that I waited a little too long
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| When I was there, do you believe?
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| I found out it all got over, I ain’t got nobody
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| But Santa Claus, you’re my last hope
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| Please, Lord have mercy
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| Don’t make me suffer so When I, when I, when I realized I ain’t got nobody
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| No, no, give me your helpin' hand
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| Give me your helpin' hand |