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    The Night Santa Went Crazy • Bad Hair Day

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The Night Santa Went Crazy lyrics

Down in the workshop
All the elves were makin' toys
For the good gentile girls
And the good gentile boys
When the boss busted in,
Nearly scared 'em half to death
Had a rifle in his hands
And cheap whiskey on his breath
From his beard to his boots
He was covered with ammo
Like a big, fat, drunk, disgruntled Yuletide Rambo
And he smiled as he said
With a twinkle in his eye,
"Merry Christmas to all.
Now you're all gonna die!"
 
The night Santa went crazy
The night St. Nick went insane
Realized he'd been gettin' the raw deal
Something finally must have snapped in his brain
 
Well, the workshop is gone now,
He decided to bomb it
Everywhere you'll find pieces
Of Cupid and Comet
And he tied up his helpers
And he held the elves hostage
And he ground up poor Rudolph into reindeer sausage
He got Dancer and Prancer
With an old German Luger
And he slashed up Dasher just like Freddy Krueger
And he picked up a flamethrower
And he barbequed Blitzen
And he took a big bite and said,
"It tastes just like chicken!"
 
The night Santa went crazy
The night Kris Kringle went nuts
Now you can't hardly walk around the North Pole
Without steppin' in reindeer guts
 
There's the National Guard and the F.B.I.
There's a van from the Eyewitness News
And helicopters circlin' 'round in the sky
And the bullets are flyin', the body count's risin'
And everyone's dyin' to know, oh Santa, why?
My my my my my my
You used to be such a jolly guy
 
Yes, Virginia, now Santa's doin' time
In a federal prison for his infamous crime
Hey, little friend, now don't you cry no more tears
He'll be out with good behavior in 700 more years
But now Vixen's in therapy and Donner's still nervous
And the elves all got jobs working for the postal service
And they say Mrs. Claus,
She's on the phone every night
With her lawyer negotiating the movie rights
 
They're talkin' bout - the night Santa went crazy
The night St. Nicholas flipped
Broke his back for some milk and cookies
Sounds to me like he was kinda gettin' gypped
 
Whoa, the night Santa went crazy
The night St. Nick went insane
Realized he'd been gettin' the raw deal
Something finally must have snapped in his brain
Whoa, something finally must have snapped in his brain
Tell ya, something finally must have snapped...in his brain
 

 

Translations of "The Night Santa Went..."
German
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Comments
FreigeistFreigeist
   Fri, 18/12/2015 - 02:28

"Weird Al" missed an extra gag there.
I'd suggest him to change the following line:
"And the elves all got jobs working for the postal service"
into:
"And the elves all got jobs working for an escort service"
:bigsmile:

FreigeistFreigeist
   Fri, 18/12/2015 - 19:07

They don't know how to drive, and have no license either ...
:P

FreigeistFreigeist
   Fri, 18/12/2015 - 05:28

>"Yes, Virginia, now Santa's doin' time"
Any special Virginia meant hereby?

>"For the good gentile girls"
Should one interpret "gentile" here rather more as "christian" or as "pagan" ("heathen") ?

>"Something finally must have snapped in his brain"
The translators have translated it as "Something must have gone broken in his brain" or "he went insane".
Isn't it that the meaning is: "All of a sudded it made "click" in his brain" in the sense of: All of a sudden he comprehended something, all of a sudden he became aware of smth. ?

QuestionfinderQuestionfinder
   Sat, 19/12/2015 - 19:07

Virginia - Not that I know of, but it might be a movie reference, or a reference to another song. I think he's probably referencing something but either can't remember what it is or don't know the reference myself.

gentile - I always grew up thinking that it was a Jewish word for Christians. I think that's how it's normally used. Christians don't typically call themselves gentiles. But Jews do use the word to describe christians. I've never heard it used for muslims. There aren't too many pagans around anymore, so I wouldn't hear it used for them either.

-"to snap" means to go crazy, or to suddenly get really angry. Think of a rubber band than keeps getting stretched until it finally snaps-that is, breaks. Then again, something can "snap into place" which would have the opposite meaning, but that clearly isn't what's meant here. "click" definitely has the connotation that you're talking about.

FreigeistFreigeist
   Sat, 19/12/2015 - 21:17

Thank you for the excellent reply, qf.
Interesting.
In German we use the verb "schnappen" for "to snap".
It is colloquial and can be used in different ways:
"Die Polizei hat den Dieb geschnappt"
"Ich schnappte mir einen Kugelschreiber und schrieb"
"Die Tür ist ins Schloss geschnappt"
oder:
"Tante Hilda ist eingeschnappt" meaning:
Aunt Hilda is huffish (huffy, miffed, moping; [all from the dictionary])
auch:
"Dieses Wort habe ich in den USA aufgeschnappt"

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