Last night, I spent another lonely Christmas   Darlin', darlin', you should've been there   'Cuz, all the ones I dream about   You are the one that makes my love shout   You see, you are the only one I care for      Remember the time we swam naked   In your father's pool?   Boy, he was upset that night   But boy, was that ever cool      Remember that night we played pokeno for money   And you robbed me blind?   Remember how you used to scream so loud   'Cuz, you, you hated that number 9?      Hey, I saw your sister skatin' on the lake   This afternoon   Good heaven, how she's grown   She swoons the boy skaters, she's so tall      But of all your father's children   All your father's children, baby   You know, you are the finest of them all   You are brighter than the northern star      And I, last night, I spent another lonely Christmas   Darlin', darlin', you, you should've been there   You see, of all the ones I dream about   You are the one that makes my love shout   You see, you are the only one I care for, yeah      My mummy used to say, always trust your lover   But now, I guess that only applies to her   'Cuz, baby, you promised me   Baby, you promised me, you'd never leave   Then you died on the 25th day of December, oh, baby      Last night, oh, I spent another lonely, lonely Christmas   Darlin', baby, you, you should've been there, oh, oh   'Cuz all the ones I dream about   You are the one that makes my love shout   You see, you are the only one I care for, yeah      Your father said it was pneumonia   Your mother said it was stress   But the doctor said you were dead   And I, I say it's senseless      Every Christmas night for 7 years now   I drink banana daiquiris till I'm blind   As long as I can hear you smilin', baby      You won't hear my tears   Another lonely Christmas is mine   Yeah, mine, yeah   Another lonely Christmas is mine      Last night, yeah, I spent another lonely, lonely Christmas   Darlin', darlin', you should've been there, yeah   'Cuz all the ones I dream about   You are the one that makes my love shout   You see, you are the only one one care for