Words by j. popper music by t. anastasio and j. popper comes the time for christmas   And I really have to ask   If this is feeling merry   How much longer must it last   I wish a one horse open sleigh   Would come carry me away   But I've been waiting here all day   And one just hasn't come my way   Now excuse me if I'm not being reverent   But I was hoping for a miracle to hold me, wash me   Save me from my righteous doubt as I watch helpless   And everybody sings   If it's chanukah or kwanza   Solstice, harvest or december twenty-fifth   Peace on earth to everyone   And abundance to everyone you're with   Laha da da da da da   Da da da da da da da da da da da   La da da da da da da da   La da da da da da da da da   Laha da da da da   Laha da da da da   Comes the time for christmas   And as you raise your yuletide flask   There's like this feeling that you carry   As if from every christmas past   It's as if each year it grows   It's like you feel it in your toes   And on and on your carol goes   Harvesting love among your woes   I want to buy into the benevolent   And I was hoping for a miracle to hold me, wash me   Make me know what it's about   As the longing in me makes me want to sing   Noel or navidad   Season celebration or just the end of the year   Christmas can mean anything   And I mean to keep it's hope forever near   Laha da da da da da   Da da da da da da da da da da da   La da da da da da da da da   La da da da da da da da da da   Laha da da da da   Laha da da da da   As if a cold and frozen soul is warm to love   By loves own hand   So goes the prayer if for a day peace on earth   And good will to man   At twenty below the winter storm it billows   But the fire is so warm inside   And the children while nestled in their pillows   Dream of st. nicholas's ride   And how the next day they'll get up and they will play   In the still falling christmas snow   And together we'll celebrate forever   In defiance of the winds that blow   My God in heaven now I feel like I'm seven   And spirit calls to me as well   As if christmas had made the winter warmer   Made a paradise from what was hell   As if a cold and frozen soul is warm to love   By loves own hand   So goes the prayer if for a day peace on earth   And good will to man.......   I wish a one horse open sleigh would come carry me away   And I'll keep waiting through next may   Until christmas comes my way