published: 16 December 2021
duration: 00:55:21
Presented by: Gareth Jones, Alex Goy, Sarah Leach & Zog with Tycho Jones, Kofi Barber-May, Isheanesu Sitotombe & Tom McElroy Williams
#429 The Miracle Of Christmas. The spectacular F1 finale, was it fair? We design the Xmas GP. We give each other money-no-option car-related gifts, virtually. Lewis Hamilton (sort of) performs “It Just Doesn’t Really Feel Like Christmas”.
Lewis Hamilton - It Doesn’t Really Feel Like Christmas
Christmas comes just once a year
And marks the season’s end
But this year I have to admit
It's driven me around the bend.
My hopes and dreams were shattered
Like Raikkonen’s front wing
This is the Christmas carol I’ll sing this year.
About a gift that Santa didn’t bring.
No yuletide cheer or festive business
It (just) doesn’t really feel like my Christmas
No yuletide cheer or festive business
It doesn’t really feel like Christmas
I don’t feel the festive spirit
I just can’t enjoy the ambience
A fact that I have to live with is
This time I’m not World Champion
Forgive me if I don’t feel
Like partying this year
I can’t be insincere
I won’t be eating turkey
But I might drink too much beer.
No yuletide cheer or festive business
It (just) doesn’t really feel like my Christmas
No yuletide cheer or festive business
It (just) doesn’t really feel like Christmas.
No church bells going ding
My life has lost its zing
No hark the herald angels sing
Or a flexing rear wing
No, my name won’t be on the records
No P1 lighting up my dashboard
Nothing to look forward towards
No appearance at the Autosport awards.
No yuletide cheer or festive business
It (just) doesn’t really feel like my Christmas
No yuletide cheer or festive business
It (just) doesn’t really feel like Christmas.
But like wrapping paper discarded
I’ll gather myself together
New rules and regulations next year
I’m ready for whatever.
I haven’t lost my driving skills
Hey I haven’t lost my wife
A championship isn’t for Christmas... it’s for life.
So, to heck with yuletide cheers and all that festive business
It doesn’t always have to feel like Christmas
It doesn’t always have to feel like Christmas
It doesn’t always have to feel like Christmas.
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Written, performed & produced by Gareth Jones
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