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God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen

from God Rest You Merry (double​-​single) by Bachelors Anonymous

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Written the summer of '87 after the Iran-Contra scandal broke, but as universal as Buffy Sainte-Marie's "Universal Soldier" and as scathing as Bob Dylan's "Masters of War."

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LYRICS

God rest you merry, gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay
Remember Christ our Saviour
Was born on Christmas Day
To save us all from Satan’s power
When we were gone astray
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy

God rest you merry, gentlemen
Let nothing you delay
In arming seven samurai
For seven days in May
Invest them with your strange love
As a fail-safe bid them pray
For tidings of missiles to deploy, missiles deploy
Pray for tidings of missiles to deploy

God rest you merry, gentlemen
Take comfort from the war
We’ll foot the bill for this one
Just like all the ones before
Since freedom has no price tag
You can always ask for more
O tidings of workers to employ, workers employ
O tidings of workers to employ

Chorus God rest you merry, merry, gentlemen

From the back seats of your limos
To the suites of NYC
You sack our nation’s coffers
With a phone and CRT
The game played in the boardrooms
Is still “craps” to you and me
O tidings of spend and enjoy, spend and enjoy
O tidings of spend and enjoy

Please show us, holy gentlemen
The narrow and the straight
Our bedroom doors are open
And our payment’s never late
Man doesn’t live by bread alone
That’s why you pass the plate
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy

Chorus God rest you merry, merry, gentlemen

Lyrics Reprinted by Permission

credits

from God Rest You Merry (double​-​single), track released November 27, 2020
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BACHELORS ANONYMOUS is
Rob Berg: Synth, Vocals
David Hughes: Drum Box, Vocals

Words by Berg & Hughes
Celibataire Music (ASCAP)

Arranged by Berg & Hughes with Dan Slavin

Guitar by Clive Wright

Produced by Bachelors Anonymous

Recorded at SouthWest Sound, Sierra Madre, CA, 1987

Engineered by Devin Thomas
Assisted by Matt Levonian

Single Mastered and Pressed by Rainbo Records, Santa Monica, CA

Digital Master by Scott A. Jennings, artistryinsound.com, 2020

Cover Design and Photography by Anthony Lee
from original ideas by Berg & Hughes
Santa Stand-in Ed Gardner

© ℗ 1987, 2020 Berg, Hughes and Slavin

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Bachelors Anonymous Los Angeles, California

Bachelors Anonymous (1984-92) is the creation of Los Angeles musicians Rob Berg and David Hughes, with a little help from our friends. B.A.'s work treads the boundaries of music, theater and art. The music featured here has been remastered in 2020-21 and consists of singles and albums, both released and unreleased. For more on the Bachelors visit our website. ... more

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