Whiskey's been drank Presents been opened But alas, I repeat myself Red and green are nice But my eyes see only a snowy night This music stand can be my top shelf The black ones up top They're watchin' my fingers In case some slide off the desk Lemme fall forward Gimme time to grind off the edges A few more chords then I can rest They never judge me, won't criticize me They hold me up if I lean too far Thousands of miles they may carry me and It don't mean nothing without them I'll have a black and ivory Christmas The kind I've been having most every year The people that love me line up over my knees The black and the ivory please sing for me These 88 helped Win me my first love And I just might forgive em some day No cork could keep me From findin' the bottom of that bottle And ten years later she still ain't gone away They never judge me, won't criticize me They hold me up if I lean too far Thousands of miles they may carry me The black and the ivory I'll have a black and ivory Christmas The kind I've been having most every year The people that love me line up over my knees The black and the ivory The black and the ivory Please sing