Story of the song: ronnette was a women in a band called the ronnettes But she had an abusive husband named Phil Spector who was one of the producers for the band, He often threatened to shoot her. He had barbed wire around the house and he would take her shoes. He adopted twin boys on Christmas to make her stay. Phil bought and put a golden coffin with a glass cover in the basement and told ronnette that if she tried to leave he would shoot her and put her in the coffin. But in 1972, ronnette escaped the home and gained custody to the twins.
Lyrics: Ronnette, my dear, don't ever disappear Do what you want as long as you stay here I need you now, I love you so much, more than you could know The Christmas kids were nothing but a gift And love is a tower where all of us can live You'll change your name, or change your mind And leave this fucked up place behind But I'll know, I'll know I'll know, I'll know I'll know, I'll know I'll know, I'll know Appearing unsightly, with devils inside me If you ever try to leave me, I'll find you, Ronnie If you ever try to leave me, I'll find you, Ronnie If you ever try to leave me, I'll find you, Ronnie If you ever try to leave me, I'll find you, Ronnie I'm leaving, Phil, I'm leaving now I'm going to escape, but you won't know how Or where to find me when I'm gone I'll drink myself to death insi-i-i-i-i-i-ide this prison cell, thi-is prison cell So, get me out of here Get me out of here Get me out of here Get me out of here You'll change your name, or change your mind And leave this fucked up place behind But I'll know, I'll know I'll know, I'll know I'll know, I'll know I'll know, I'll know
Fun fact. This song actually meant how a producer (phil) was an abusive husband to his wife (ronnie) and basically didn't want her to run away so he adopted children for Christmas so she would get attached to them and he'd even hide her shoes so she wouldn't run away
for people who don’t know Ronnie Spector married to someone named Phil, who was a music producer for a few bands, and from the money they made they bought a mansion, but Phil barricaded the mansion so Ronnie couldn’t escape. He also hid Ronnie’s shoes to make sure. But the last straw was when Phil adopted 2 kids for her as a Christmas gift without permission. She eventually escaped and when Phil k***ed somebody else in his mansion, he got put in jail in 2003 for 19 years. Phil died in 2021 and Ronnie died in 2022.
meaning but short: ronnette was a girl that was in a manipulative and abusive marriage and often threatened to get shot by a man named phil that would lock up ronnette and adopted 2 kids for her on christmas hence the name "Christmas kids" he trapped the house stole her shoes blah blah. she escaped. true story
