Released: January 1, 2000
Songwriter: Greg Camp
Producer: Eric Valentine
Momma told me, "Boy, you best behave
'Cause Santa keeps a list of all his faves
And if you don't shape up, you ain't gettin' squat."
But the devil on my shoulder's gettin' hot
Hotter than heaven, cool outta sight
If I'm gonna do wrong, I'm gonna do it right
So he took me for a ride in his Cadillac
Stolen from a kleptomaniac at a horse-race track
I said, "Sir, it's Christmas Eve, I should be home in bed."
Instead, he said, "You merry gentlemen always bet on red."
The duke of deception, malice, and spite
If I'm gonna do wrong, I'm gonna do it right
When you're done, you're really done
Will you look back and say, "Hey, that was fun."
When all you ever wanted was a BB gun
Santa Claus never did come
When you're done, you're really done
Will you look back and say, "Hey, that was fun."
So he took me for a ride in his big ol' sleigh
We flew around the world in just one day
Johnny Mathis sang
I said, "Sir, what you got for me in that sled?"
Instead, he said, "Boy, you been bettin' on a darker shade of red."
Hotter than heaven, cool outta sight
Duke of deception, malice, and spite
Johnny is singin'
(Johnny is singin')
In heaven tonight
If you gotta do wrong
You better do it right
'Cause Santa keeps a list of all his faves
And if you don't shape up, you ain't gettin' squat."
But the devil on my shoulder's gettin' hot
Hotter than heaven, cool outta sight
If I'm gonna do wrong, I'm gonna do it right
So he took me for a ride in his Cadillac
Stolen from a kleptomaniac at a horse-race track
I said, "Sir, it's Christmas Eve, I should be home in bed."
Instead, he said, "You merry gentlemen always bet on red."
The duke of deception, malice, and spite
If I'm gonna do wrong, I'm gonna do it right
When you're done, you're really done
Will you look back and say, "Hey, that was fun."
When all you ever wanted was a BB gun
Santa Claus never did come
When you're done, you're really done
Will you look back and say, "Hey, that was fun."
So he took me for a ride in his big ol' sleigh
We flew around the world in just one day
Johnny Mathis sang
I said, "Sir, what you got for me in that sled?"
Instead, he said, "Boy, you been bettin' on a darker shade of red."
Hotter than heaven, cool outta sight
Duke of deception, malice, and spite
Johnny is singin'
(Johnny is singin')
In heaven tonight
If you gotta do wrong
You better do it right
more tracks from the album
All Star Smash Hits
- All Star
- Hang On
- Always Gets Her Way
- Flo
- Why Can’t We Be Friends
- Better Do It Right
- Getting Better
- Ain’t No Mystery
- Every Word Means No
- I’m a Believer
- Pacific Coast Party
- Walkin’ on the Sun
- Can’t Get Enough of You Baby
- Beer Goggles
- Diggin’ Your Scene
- Waste
- Then the Morning Comes
- Come On, Come On
- Holiday In My Head
- Do It Again
From the albums
Smash Mouth popular songs
- All Star
- Walkin’ on the Sun
- I’m a Believer
- Why Can’t We Be Friends
- Sorry About Your Penis
- Then the Morning Comes
- Can’t Get Enough of You Baby
- Ain’t No Mystery
- If You Don’t
- Trip
- Snoopy’s Christmas
- Dear Inez
- Blue Christmas
- Virgin Girl
- Get Some Hoes
- Get the Picture?
- Sorry
- Strung
- Every Word Means No
- Do It Again
- Future X Wife
- Burn Cycle
- Mother
- Peace Frog