so christmas is here again with its tinsel and lights   the city is covered in snow   at our house family and friends have gathered tonight   to eat drink and share the holiday cheer   and this december like decembers before   we find ourselves reflecting   contemplating our lives as another chapter comes to a close   so here i sit at the christmas party   with a belly full of wine   while the celebration dances around me   and i dream of you   and you're singing to me   ooohhh-ooohhh-ooooooh-oooohh      i don't talk   just listen to the sleigh-bell song   and i felt tipsy   the snow is falling all around   i can't stand up   cause santa claus is coming to town   so hold on to me this christmas      but soon the music will fade   the last of the wine will be poured   and the dancing will cease   these old friends will make their way home   to sleep a restless sleep as st. nick makes his rounds   and by tomorrow afternoon as the last of the wraping paper is tossed into the fire   this christmas will be over   why must it all go by so fast?   santa claus   this christmas   don't let these friends go home   don't let the revelry end   and don't leave me here, alone   ooohhh-ooohhh-ooooooh-oooohh      i don't talk   just listen to the sleigh-bell song   and i felt tipsy   the snow is falling all around   i can't stand up   cause santa claus is coming to town   so hold on to me this christmas