I drove to a farm at the edge of town
Picked the perfect tree out
Cut it down tied it to the roof of the car
Got it home lord knows how
I brought it in stood it up
Same place we put it up
Last year and the year before
Wreath on the front door
Decorated everything the way we always do
But it ain't the same without you
I never knew that lonesome loved the winter
I never thought that I would hate December
Could you bring my world back is it too much to ask
For one day of forgiveness
If you can't come home for me
Come home for Christmas
I hung up all four stockings on the mantle
Just in case
I bought hot chocolate and the stuff to bake cookies
For Santa to leave by the fireplace
Instead of breakfast at one house
Dinner at the other house
Why don't we just work it out
I never knew that lonesome loved the winter
I never thought that I would hate December
Ever since the first frost I've been broken and lost
Praying for your forgiveness
If you can't come home for me
Come home for Christmas
I never knew that lonesome loved the winter
I never thought that I would hate December
Could you bring my world back is it too much to ask
For one day of forgiveness
If you can't come home for me
I would give anything
If you came home for Christmas
