Fourteen Feet Tall, And Glassy And Pale, And Covered In Soot

I Don't Know Who He Was Or What He Was, The Question Was Moot

I Laid In Bed, Too Scared To Speak, And Watched Him Watch Me

There Was No Sound But The Crickets Outside And The Leaves In The Breeze, Oh

He Lit A Cigarette And Said, “Your Chimney's A Bitch.”

I Said, “Are You Old Santa Claus?”

And He Said, “You Wish,” Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah



That's When The Party Started As Far As I Know

I Grabbed A Hold Of It And Never Let Go

And If I Saw It Well Then Maybe It's So



Later That Year, I Swear To God, It Happened Again, Oh

I Was Out Camping With My Baby And A Couple Of Friends, Oh

As We Fell Asleep I Know I Saw A Light In The East, Oh

Spinning Around And Changing Colors With A Weird Humming Sound, Oh

As It Got Close I Felt My Sleeping Bag Rise From The Ground, Oh

When We Woke Up I Was Yards From The Fire

Eyes Swollen Shut, And Buried To My Waist



That's When The Party Started As Far As I Know

I Grabbed A Hold Of It And Never Let Go

And If I Saw It Well Then Maybe It's So



I Know I Know I Know I Know I Saw Him Again

I Was Out Walking My Dog And He Followed Me Home, Oh

Fourteen Feet Fall, A Pinstripe Suit And The Same Weird Shadow, Oh

He Was Outside For Several Weeks And Then He Vanished Again, Oh

I Really Don't Know What To Think After Twenty-three Years

The Only Real Thing I Ever Learned Is: Maybe It Is, If It Has So Appeared



That's When The Party Started--

I Grabbed A Hold Of It And--

And If I Saw It Well, Then…