Hometown Christmas

Stoplights and the headlights

Are a festive red, green and gold

Procrastinating shoppers

Caffeinated against the cold

But there's nothing you can buy me

It's your hand I wanna hold

There's miles between brothers

Years between friends

We'll all be together again

'Cause you're not alone when

The porch lights are shining

It's your invitation to the love that's been waiting

Singin', "Child, why don't you come on in?"

It's a hometown Christmas

The lights are on the houses

And the trees are brought inside

The parking spot at the local mall

Is the hardest thing to find

Yeah, but I'm pretty sure that the Christmas star

Was in my daughter's eyes last night

Yeah, 'cause there's miles between us

Years between friends

But we'll all be together again

'Cause you're not alone when

Those porch lights are shining

It's your invitation to the love that's been waiting

One thing on my wishlist

It's a hometown Christmas, yeah

Hark! the herald angels sing

Glory to the newborn king

Hometown Christmas

Peace on earth and mercy mild

God and sinners reconcile

Hometown Christmas

Grandma's singing those Christmas songs

That none of us have ever heard

Us cousins, we'd be playing up

'Til dinner was served

But the feeling that comes back to me

Is hard to put into words

'Cause there's miles between lovers

Years between friends

And we'll all be together again

'Cause you're not alone when ('Lone when)

The porch lights are shining (Shining)

It's your invitation to a love that's been waiting

So child, come on in

We're not alone when

The porch lights are shining

It's your invitation to a love that's been waiting

Singin', "Child, won't you come on in?"

It's a hometown Christmas

It's a hometown Christmas

Hark! the herald angels sing

Glory to the newborn king