Lonely Time Of Year

There's something about the carols Or something about the booze That makes me think I've got nothing left to lose Cause the Yule log's burning brightly But I'm here on Christmas Eve Thinking maybe it's time for me to leave Every station's playing I'll be Home for Christmas How the melody once filled me with good cheer But with every glass you pour I feel more sorrow In this house it's a Lonely Time Of Year I hung up our old stockings From a hook above the hearth Wishing the year would end With a fresh start There's tinsel on my suitcase I hid the mistletoe Well, maybe it's time for me to go Every station's playing I'll be Home for Christmas How the melody once filled me with good cheer But with every glass you pour I feel more sorrow In this house it's a Lonely Time Of Year It's an icy two-lane blacktop Wallet's short on cash I always have a reason holding me back While the snow falls like confetti I'm weeping on the tree Cause the truth is I'm longing to be free And that star up in the night sky That's shining through the snow Think it's telling me it's time for me to go Every station's playing I'll be Home for Christmas How the melody once filled me with good cheer But with every glass you pour I feel more sorrow You may be home but you're never really here In this house it's a Lonely Time Of Year