THE LOST CHRISTMAS EVE

ON STREET IN THE NIGHT
 IN THE COLD WINTER’S LIGHT
 CHILD STANDS ALONE AND SHE’S WAITING

AND THE LIGHT THAT’S OUT THERE
 IT JUST HANGS IN THE AIR
 AS IF IT WAS JUST HESITATING

AND THE SNOW [bad word] DOWN
 AND IT MUFFLES THE SOUND
 OF DREAMS ON THEIR WAY TO TOMORROW

AND WHEN THEY APPEAR
 THIS NIGHT WILL HOLD THEM NEAR 
 FOR WHERE THEY WILL LEAD 
 SHE WILL FOLLOW

FOR HERE IN THIS CITY OF LIGHTS
 THIS EVENING AWAKENS 
 THE DREAMS THAT IT MIGHT
 THE WINTER IT CONJURES
 THE SPELLS IT WILL WEAVE
 THE SNOW GENTLY COVERS THE GROUND
 CHRISTMAS EVE

IN THIS SCENE 
 ON THIS NIGHT
 THERE’S AN ANCIENT HOTEL
 WHERE SHADOWS THEY DO TEND TO WANDER

AND THE GHOSTS THAT LIVE HERE
 HOLD EACH MOMENT SO DEAR
 FOR TIME’S NOT THING ONE SHOULD SQUANDER

AND THEY RECOUNT THEIR SAND
 AS [bad word] THROUGH THEIR HAND
 AND EXAMINE EACH MOMENT FOR MEANING

IT CAN BE WISHED UPON
 TILL THE MOMENT IT’S GONE
 LIKE DAY DISAPPEARS INTO EVENING

FOR HERE IN THIS CITY OF LIGHTS
 THIS EVENING AWAKENS 
 THE DREAMS THAT IT MIGHT
 THE WINTER IT CONJURES
 THE MOMENT IS SEIZED
 THE SNOW GENTLY COVERS THE GROUND
 CHRISTMAS EVE

MERRY CHRISTMAS
 MERRY CHRISTMAS
 MERRY CHRISTMAS
 MERRY CHRISTMAS

CHRISTMAS
 CHRISTMAS
 CHRISTMAS
 CHRISTMAS

THROUGH THIS NIGHT
 THE DREAM STILL WANDERS
 AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE
 AND EVERY YEAR THIS NIGHT GROWS FONDER

OF CHILDREN AND CIRCUMSTANCE 
 CAUGHT IN THIS CHILDHOOD DANCE
 AS THE WORLD TURNS AROUND
 KEEPING DREAMS ON THE GROUND

WINDOWS OF FROSTED ICE
 PRISMING CANDLELIGHT
 AND SOMEHOW WE
 START TO BELIEVE

IN THE NIGHT AND THE DREAM
 AS IT CUTS THROUGH THE NOISE
 WITH THE WHISPER OF SNOW
 AS IT STARTS TO DEPLOY

IN THE DEPTHS OF NIGHT
 THAT’S ABOUT TO BEGIN
 WITH THE FEELING OF SNOW
 AS IT MELTS ON YOUR SKIN

AND IT COVERS THE LAND
 WITH DREAM SO INTENSE
 THAT IT RETURNS US ALL
 TO CHILD’S INNOCENCE

AND THEN WHAT YOU’THOUGHT LOST
 AND COULD NEVER RETRIEVE
 IS SUDDENLY THERE TO BE FOUND
 ON CHRISTMAS EVE
 ON CHRISTMAS EVE
 ON CHRISTMAS…