2021
North Pole Supply Chain Gang
WORLDWIDE SUPPLY CHAIN INTERRUPTIONS THREATEN YET ANOTHER CHRISTMAS FIASCO
Christmas Eve 2021: Bah & the Humbugs, America's Premier Satiric Christmas Rock Band, return with the story of the North Pole Supply Chain Gang. Santa Claus’s workshop management team struggles to deliver a normal Christmas in the face of extraordinary supply chain issues. Includes the new Humbugs songs "Red-Nose Heroes" and "Sleigh Riders," and Humbugs classics "Snow Day," "My Psychic Reindeer," and "The Elves are Restless."
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Listen to "Red-Nose Heroes":
Red-Nose Heroes
(music and lyrics by Paul Nordquist)
Counting down the time on the eve of Christmas,
Take my little trip, trip ’round the block,
Visit every child who believes in Christmas.
Have you ever seen this kind of fog?
Where are the red-nose (red-nose) heroes (heroes)?
Tonight we really need one,
Tonight we gotta call on our red-nose (red-nose) heroes (heroes).
Looking for the reindeer with the nose that’s unnaturally bright.
(Red-nose heroes.)
Should have had an elf who could watch the weather.
The fog tonight is dense, yeah, it’s worse than the snow.
Don’t want to crash the sleigh on an icy glacier.
That would be a dumb, a dumb way to go.
Where are the red-nose (red-nose) heroes (heroes)?
Tonight we really need one,
Tonight we gotta call on our red-nose (red-nose) heroes (heroes).
Looking for the reindeer with the nose that’s unnaturally bright.
(Red-nose heroes.)
Shine your light
Tonight, tonight
Shine your light, all right!
Counting down the hours on the eve of Christmas.
The time has come to fly. Hold onto your hat!
We do it for the kids. They need their Christmas.
We’d never let them down. It can’t come to that.
Where are the red-nose (red-nose) heroes (heroes)?
Tonight we really need them,
Tonight we gotta call on our red-nose (red-nose) heroes (heroes).
Looking for the reindeer with the nose that’s unnaturally bright.
(Red-nose heroes.
Red-nose heroes.)
Listen to "Sleigh Riders":
Sleigh Riders
(music and lyrics by Paul Nordquist)
Calling all reindeer
Calling Dr. Claus
The time has come for us to make the rounds
From Amsterdam to Zanzibar
From Xanadu to Oz
The wind will make a hundred different sounds
Climb on, Sleigh Riders
Climb on, we’re the Sleigh Riders
Sleigh Riders, climb on
Sleigh Riders
When Christmas is a wrap
And we’ve emptied all the sacks
We turn to fighting crime in our magic sleigh
Don’t mention this to Santa Claus
He needs to relax
Anywhere on earth we come to save the day
Climb on, Sleigh Riders
Climb on, we’re the Sleigh Riders
Sleigh Riders, climb on
Sleigh Riders
I always wanted to be where the action is
I always wanted to join an adventure team
Not as my day job
As a sideline in the off season
Anywhere on earth we come to save the day
Climb on, Sleigh Riders
Climb on, we’re the Sleigh Riders
Sleigh Riders, climb on
Sleigh Riders
Listen to "Snow Day":
Snow Day
(music and lyrics by Vance Lehmkuhl)
You know the man has got a plan
to keep us all in line
We go to school and act the fool
and that suits him just fine
But there's a storm a brewin',
don't care what you say
It's raw and it's real
and it's comin' this way
There's gonna be hell to pay
When we get a
Snow Day
A victory for the weather
Snow Day
Here's hoping it lasts forever
Snow Day
So school can reopen nevermore
(That's what's in store)
Out in the snow you're free to go
Far as the eye can see
No more in line, no more confined
wandering wild and freezing
No heads on desks — you can run
and roam far and wide
Forget the rule about
doing unto others
You do as you druther
Cause Nature is a Mother
and this is one mother that's
on our side
with a
Snow Day
The triumph of large air masses
Snow Day
They'll soon have to cancel classes
Snow Day
And let all the lads and lasses go
(All because of snow)
Teen1: Dude, what are you already celebrating for? It's still up to The Man whether to call a snow day. Maybe it won't snow that much.
Teen2: Aw, crap — come on, it's gotta be! Come on, man — even I will be good if we get that snow!
It's snowing!
Oh, it's really more raining now.
But it's freezing rain!
Now it's sleet. Now snow! More rain.
More rain.
More sleet.
More rain.
More sleet.
More rain.
More snow.
More rain.
More sleet.
More snow.
More snow.
More snow!
More snow!!
— AND PS 23 CLASSES ARE CANCELLED FOR TODAY CAUSE IT'S A —
Snow Day
A victory for the weather
Snow Day
Here's hoping it lasts forever
Snow Day
So school can reopen nevermore
Snow Day
A victory for the weather
Snow Day
Here's hoping it lasts forever
Snow Day
So school can reopen nevermore
Listen to "My Psychic Reindeer":
Download "My Psychic Reindeer"
My Psychic Reindeer
(music and lyrics by Paul Nordquist)
I needed a friend, someone to call,
Because life was driving me up the wall.
I found a new way to get some advice,
And I didn’t have to trudge through the snow and ice.
My psychic reindeer says,
“The holidays are always so hard for you.”
And my psychic reindeer says,
“Red is not your best color!
Try something new!”
Oh oh oh oh oh,
My psychic reindeer says,
Oh oh oh oh oh.
So my jaw goes dropping down to the floor.
What can I say except “Tell me more”?
“I’m so amazed by the things that you see.
It’s like you know me personally!
My psychic reindeer says,
“Your wife is fooling around with another elf.”
And my psychic reindeer says,
“You’ve been giving too much!
It’s time to think of yourself.”
Oh oh oh oh oh,
My psychic reindeer says,
Oh oh oh oh oh.
This just in! Message coming through
Direct from the spirits—and just for you!
My psychic reindeer says,
“Jimmy from Tulsa wants The Lord of the Rings.”
And my psychic reindeer says,
“You focus too much on material things.”
And my psychic reindeer says,
“You’re too judgmental—give people a break.”
And my psychic reindeer says,
“If you wanna get off the ground you’d better lose some weight!”
Oh oh oh oh oh,
My psychic reindeer says,
Oh oh oh oh oh,
My psychic reindeer says,
Oh oh oh oh oh. . .
Listen to "The Elves are Restless":
Download "The Elves are Restless"
The Elves are Restless
(music and lyrics by Gayden Wren and Rick Aster)
Late at night I hear strange yells
and the jingling of tiny bells
I cover my head with pillows in a heap
But the sounds keep intruding as I try to sleep
The elves are restless
Don't tell me not to worry
The elves are restless
We gotta get away in a hurry
Why does all the talking stop
When I go to the shop
Then the whispering begins
What's behind those elfin grins?
The elves are restless
Don't tell me not to worry
The elves are restless
We gotta get away in a hurry
The sleigh's okay, it's barely rusted
I think the reindeer can still be trusted
Forget the North Pole and all those elves
Let's get away, let's save ourselves
The elves are restless
Don't tell me not to worry
The elves are restless
We gotta get away in a hurry
The elves are restless
Don't tell me not to worry
The elves are restless
We gotta get away in a hurry