The Lost Christmas Eve

On a street in the night

In the cold winter's light

A child stands alone and she's waiting

And the light that's out there

It just hangs in the air

As if it was just hesitating

And the snow it comes down

And it muffles the sound

Of dreams on their way to tomorrow

And when they appear

This night will hold them near

For where they will lead

It will follow

For here in this city of lights

This evening awakens

The dreams that it might

The winter, it conjures

The spells it will weave

Snow gently covers the ground

Christmas Eve

In this scene

On this night

There's an ancient hotel

Where shadows they do tend to wander

And the ghosts that live here

Hold each moment so dear

For time's not a thing one should squander

And they recount their sand

As it runs through their hand

And examine each moment for meaning

It can be wished upon

Till the moment it's gone

Like day disappears into evening

For here in this city of lights

This evening awakens

The dreams that it might

The winter, it conjures

The moment is seized

The snow gently covers the ground

Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas

Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas

Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas

Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas

Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas

Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas

Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas

Through this night

The dream still wanders

As it was meant to be

And every year, this night grows fonder

Of children and circumstance

Caught in this childhood dance

As the world turns around

Keeping dreams on the ground

Windows of frosted ice

Prisming candlelight

And somehow we start to believe

In the night and the dream

As it cuts through the noise

With the whisper of snow

As it starts to deploy

In the depths of a night

That's about to begin

With the feeling of snow

As it melts on your skin

And it covers the land

With a dream so intense

That it returns us all

To a child's innocence

And then what you'd thought lost

And could never retrieve

Is suddenly there to be found

On Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve