When you were younger Blue-eyed boy wonder Never used to ponder On what life may hide Now you're older The nights are so much colder Never even told her How you feel inside You were so proud With your head up in the white clouds She'd call you so loud But you'd never know Now that you're wiser You'd never compromise her Every day you'd realise her But this bird has flown And you've blown out all your candles one by one And you curse yourself for things you've never done She would wait for you Idolize, adore you Love and reassure you You couldn't let it be You let it linger Slip on through your fingers So that September She moved across the sea How your face dropped And how your heart stopped Sitting at the bus stop When they told you that she'd gone So you run to the harbour Need to tell her that you love her As the boat disappears You never felt so alone 'Cause you've blown out all your candles one by one And you curse yourself for things you never done Where were you when her hour of need had come? Now you curse yourself for things you've never done Now your grandson, blonde-haired, blue-eyed, handsome Calls you up from London and sits and asks you, "Why?" So you answer, "Don't be scared of failure The only failure is never to try" Never to try Never to try Never to try And where were you when her hour of need had come? Now you curse yourself for things you've never done

City sidewalks, busy sidewalks Dressed in holiday style In the air there's a feeling Of Christmas Children laughing, people passing Meeting smile after smile And on every street corner you'll hear Silver bells Silver bells It's Christmas time in the city Ring-a-ling Hear them ring Soon it will be Christmas Day Strings of street lights, even stop lights Blink of bright red and green As the shoppers rush home with their treasures Hear the snow crunch See the kids bunch This is Santa's big scene And above all the bustle you'll hear Silver bells Silver bells It's Christmas time in the city Ring-a-ling, hear them ring Soon it will be Christmas Day Soon it will be Christmas Day

Two strangers passing on the sidewalk Barely brush each other's hand He says, I'm sorry. She says, Don't worry. And that is how it all began. A few short days and nights together, And it's like they were meant to be. Lying there with her He softly whispers, Just think what we were so recently. Strangers Strangers World's greatest lovers Last week we were strangers. Two strangers passing in the hallway Barely touch each other's heart. Now they're pretending, Two shadows blending, But they're a million miles apart. Soon she'll be packing up her suitcase. They'll be dividing all the blame. They know how they started, Now empty-hearted They don't have a clue how they became Strangers Strangers World's greatest lovers And now they are strangers. World's greatest lovers Have turned into strangers. Strangers Strangers