Transcribed by Mark Dorset and Nicola

[intro:] [laughs] Roll the tape!

[Sarah:] Spent the summer holed up in a room. / [Tim:] Looking pretty, won't you be here soon? / [Sarah:] EuroDisney, could not work at all / [both:] a little bird had told me in the fall. / Getting groovy after Hallowe'en, / mid-November, got back on the scene. / I'm so glad that I just got my pay! / I was born on Christmas day. /

[Tim:] In December, my heart's full of spring. / [Sarah:] I could phone you, tell you everything, / [Tim:] like the crazy evenings on the yacht; / [both:] Tim and Sarah went and tied the knot! / Did you know they pulled the town hall down? / I don't think you'll recognise this town. / Never could have been a tennis wife, / get into the acting life. /

Getting groovy after Hallowe'en, / mid-November, got back on the scene. / I'm so glad that I just got my pay! / I was born on Christmas day. / I was born on Christmas day. / I was born on Christmas day.

Credits

Composition:

• Bob Stanley
• Pete Wiggs
• Ian Catt

Vocals:

• Sarah Cracknell
• Tim Burgess

References

Tim Burgess is the lead vocalist for the Charlatans.

Bob Stanley was born on Christmas Day, 1964. How about that?

Trivia

Here's the band talking about the track, shamelessly pinched from Melody Maker:

Sarah:
I met Tim Burgess in Manchester, and he was such a lovely bloke. I had a bit of a crush on him for a while, actually, but I grew out of that. So anyway... we ruined his career.
Bob:
We were thinking of getting Dermo from Northside to do it... when you're in a pop group, you want to do a Christmas single, don't you? It wasn't a big hit, was it? Mariah Carey blew us out of the water really, with her festive tune...
Pete:
It's our Happy Christmas (War Is Over). I remember when I was a kid and Happy Christmas (War Is Over) came out, I remember I thought it was by Jack Lemmon. Like it was the theme from some Vietnam film he'd been in or something.

Versions and sources

I Was Born On Christmas Day

• Fairytales From Saint Etienne compilation album [ CD (Japan)]
• I Was Born On Christmas Day single [vinyl seven inch]
• I Was Born On Christmas Day single [vinyl twelve inch]
• I Was Born On Christmas Day single [CD]
• I Was Born On Christmas Day single [cassette]
• Tiger Bay album [CD (US, Canada and Australia)]
• Tiger Bay album [cassette (US and Canada)]
• Too Young To Die singles compilation album [twelve inch vinyl]
• Too Young To Die singles compilation album [CD]
• Too Young To Die singles compilation album [double CD]
• Too Young To Die singles compilation album [cassette]

I Was Born On Christmas Day [video]

• Too Young To Die videos compilation [VHS video cassette]