(I shot your reindeer) but I did not shoot the rest you see
(I shot your reindeer) but I did not shoot the rest you see

Well now Santa wrote this down
Pack next week you're North Pole bound
I think they want to bring me in guilty
Deer trespassed and I did get hungry
And they destroyed my property
So I say:

(I shot the reindeer) what I saw was not a playful tease
(I shot the reindeer) And they say he was an endangered species

Oh Come now was this your only buck?
It's not faun or doe
I am a human you know
I thought shoot, before indoor snow
I thought shoot, before indoor snow
And so:

(I shot the reindeer) but I swear it was in self-defense
(I shot the reindeer) but I swear it was in self-defense

I used Freedom on that day
It all started with a frown
All of a sudden I saw shingles fall down
Breaking my sweet home down
So I shot, I shot him down
So hey:

(I shot the reindeer) but I didn't shoot the rest you see
(I shot the reindeer) but I didn't shoot the rest you see

Saint Nicholas have some slack for me
And from my home I won’t flee
And this is the true story I will tell
My roof is almost a-gone away
My roof is almost a-gone away
So I say:

( I shot the reindeer) but I didn't shoot the rest you see, oh no
(I shot the reindeer) but I didn't shoot the rest you see, oh no