I'm leaving home on Christmas Eve   There's a present by the tree   Try not to open it before I'm gone   I'll catch a flight on Christmas night   And watch the snow fall over towns   Tiny lives like mine wrapped in sweet dreams      It's the perfect time to show what means   More to you than plastic trees   It's the perfect time to show if you still care      Leaving home on Christmas Eve   Looking for the snowy dream   Trying to find some sign that Christmas still means   To catch a sight on Christmas night   Of empathy for those in plight   Tiny drop of hope in this cold sea      All ends well in Bedford Falls   In Halloweentown, Kingston Falls   All ends well and then the credits roll      Leaving home on Christmas Eve   Angel hair on Christmas trees   Children singing those sad songs that will melt your heart   With eyes so bright that Christmas night   Will be bathing in their light   And I can find my way back home again      Leaving home on Christmas Eve   I wonder if I ever see   What does Christmas really mean   It's such a sweet dream