Santa looked a lot like daddy or daddy looked a lot like him   It's not the way I had him pictured, Santa was a-much too thin   Well, he didn't come down the chimney, so mama must have let him in   Santa looked a lot like daddy or daddy looked a lot like him      Well, they thought I was fast a-sleepin'   They thought that I was tucked in bed   They never thought that I'd come a-peepin' or that I'd hear what was said   Santa put his arm around mama and mama put her arm around him   So if Santa Claus ain't daddy, then I'ma gonna tell on them      Well, Santa looked a lot like daddy or daddy looked a lot like him   It's not the way I had him pictured, Santa was a-much too thin   And he didn't come down the chimney, so mama must have let him in   Yeah, Santa looked a lot like daddy or daddy looked a lot like him      I never saw dancer or prancer, I never heard the sleigh bells ring   And I never saw the red nosed reindeer   Like they show him on the TV screen   But he sure brought a lot of presents, so Santa Claus he must have been   And Santa looked a lot like daddy or daddy looked a lot like him      Well, Santa looked a lot like daddy or daddy looked a lot like him   It's not the way I had him pictured, Santa was a-much too thin   And he didn't come down the chimney, so mama must have let him in   Yeah, Santa looked a lot like daddy or daddy looked a lot like him