What You Wanted (For Christmas)

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THE PROCEEDS OF THIS CHRISTMAS SINGLE WILL GO TO THE STEPHEN MOYLAN FOUNDATION.

This song tells a tale as old as time: you go to a Christmas party and run into that ex who - despite everything - still has the power to melt your resolve/heart/knicker elastic (delete as appropriate) at 50 paces. It's a feelgood bop wrapped in a smidgen of tinsel and mistletoe.

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WHAT YOU WANTED (For Christmas)

Should’ve known
You’d be here tonight
All hopped up on Christmas cheer
You know my appetite
You’re dressed to kill
You got me on the slab
Dancing and drinking with you
When I should be in a cab

Drunk on you
You’re 80 proof
Make me forget my name
Rip it up
Raise the roof
You played me, though I’m game

And maybe tonight
Baby you got what you wanted
And I'm wrapped up tight like
A gift to you
Yeah tonight
Baby you got what you wanted
And I
Will always be just a fool for you

Oh you’re shameless – wow!
I gotta credit you
Like a pro with the mistletoe
Made it feel kinda new
Aim and shoot
Your charm offensive wins
I fold like a cheap suit
An occasion of sin

No pretence
About how it ends
Every dog on the street knows
Say my name
End the waiting game
I’d run barefoot through the snow

And maybe tonight
Baby you got what you wanted
And I'm wrapped up tight like
A gift to you

And maybe tonight (yeah maybe tonight)
Baby you got what you wanted (what you wanted)
And I'm wrapped up tight like
A gift to you
Yeah tonight (oh maybe tonight)
Baby you got what you wanted (you got what you wanted)
And I
Will always be just a fool for you

You got what you wanted (baby, baby)
What you wanted
You got what you wanted (baby, baby)
What you wanted

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released December 1, 2022
Written by Tony Kavanagh/Tony Cantwell/Brian Lynch/Paul O'Dea
(P) & (C) 2022 Hometime/IMRO/Copyright Control

A Little Bear Production
Produced by Tomás Forde
Mixed by Seán Hurley
Guitar by Shane Sweeney
Backing vocals by Tony Kavanagh
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Little Bear Studio, Dublin

Artwork photography and design by Tony Kavanagh

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Hometime Dublin, Ireland

HOMETIME is the pop music project of Dublin singer/songwriter, Tony Kavanagh.

New single IT BEATS LIVING ALONE drops on 13 August.

Along with GRATITUDE and THE SOUND OFHEARTBREAK, it trails the forthcoming album, PAST IMPERFECT. ... more

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