Merry Christmas everybody Yeah, Merry Christmas everybody, big deal Hey man, what's wrong with you Jermaine? Yeah, that's no kind of attitude This only happens once a year Hey, fellas, don't bug in He and his girl just broke up, so get off his back Can't you see there's tears in his eyes? Yeah, he's cryin', look he's cryin' Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry Christmas won't be the same this year Without her loving arms holding you so near Christmas won't be the same this year (no, it won't, now, darlin', no, no) Without her loving arms holding you so near I see the lights But they don't shine for me I see the presents Underneath the Christmas tree Our house is decorated My friends are celebrating Christmas won't be the same this year Without her loving arms holding you so near Christmas won't be the same this year Without her loving arms holding you so near The neighborhood kids Are having so much fun Counting off the days 'Til Santa Claus comes And I see the mistletoe Hanging from my door I wish I could kiss you again Like I did before Christmas won't be the same this year Without her loving arms holding you so near So go on, girl And have your fun Don't spoil your time Thinking about me This time next year, my darling dear Hopefully, you'll be having dinner with me Christmas won't be the same this year (no, no) Without her loving arms holding you so near (no, no, it won't be the same) Christmas won't be the same this year (without you darling) Without her loving arms holding you so near (no, no)

It's been a long time and I just don't know Do you know me? Hit the futon 'round the block Spinning with the sickness, she don't call me A few nine minutes, I'm adjusting Bangin' down the hallway, oh It's true this time, feel the distance Packing and we lonely (yeah) Feeling it up, feeling it up, feeling it up lonely I been left out so I take another val It's a new day (saves the day) A blessing I don't preach, she the answer they don't teach But a straight A She don't need setting suns Sure don't need this old bum She don't need anything at all Wasted my song She don't get music, that's all I got We make new friends On and on We make our music What's the point? That's the point I'm lookin' at the reruns I was acting like a dog And I wasted on a vista And now my brothers on the run I said, "I'm sorry sister For the damage I have done" And I said, "I'm sorry mumma For what I've become" Wasted my song She don't get music (she don't get music), that's all I got We make new friends On and on We make our music (we make our music) What's the point? That's the point She don't need setting suns Sure don't need this old bum She don't need anything at all I don't feel pain no more She just don't care for sure She don't need anything at all We don't need anything at all Follow the west sun to California Offer my wisdom, she can't support it Weeping willow, she knows I'm on it Offers her wisdom, I can't afford it (I can't afford it)

You were one of those classic ones Traveling around this sun You were one of those classic ones I wish she knew you You were one of those classic ones Now everybody knows You were one of those classic ones, yeah Alright You're a legend in my own mind My middle name, my goodbye You were here when I wrote this But the masters and mixes Will take too long to finish To show you I'm sorry, I did not visit Did not know how to take it When your eyes did not know me Like I know you You were one of those classic ones Traveling around this sun You were one of those classic ones I wish she knew you You were one of those classic ones Now everybody knows You were one of those classic ones, yeah Alright You're a legend in my own mind My middle name, my goodbye Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye No (Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye) Alright You're a legend in my own mind My middle name, my goodbye Then the day that it happened I recorded this last bit I look forward to having A lunch with you again

You are formidable to me 'Cause you seem to know it, where you wanna go Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'll follow you But you should know I might be cynical towards you But I just can't believe that I'm for you Yeah, yeah, yeah, I can die with you Just let me know (yeah) And I know that we just met But could you take me everywhere you've ever been? I wanna see it all, no surprises, yeah You are formidable to me 'Cause you seem to know it, where you wanna go Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'll follow you But you should know I might bе clinical, don't you tell I won't break your heart if you can brеak my spell Yeah, yeah, yeah, I can die with you Just let me know Fast-forward 13 years now Don't know what it was, but somehow we played it out in reverse I'm afraid of you now, more than I was at first And I know you just left, but can I take you everywhere we've ever been? I wanna see it all, no surprises, yeah You are formidable to me 'Cause you seem to know it, where you wanna go Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'll follow you But you should know I might be cynical towards you I'm just worried my loyalty will bore you Yeah, yeah, yeah, I can die with you Just let me know Yeah, yeah, yeah, I can die with you Just let me know

Sometimes I feel cold, even paralyzed My interior world needs to sanitize I've got to step through or I'll dissipate I'll record my step through for my basement tapes Nice to know my kind will be on my side I don't believe the hype And you know you're a terrible sight But you'll be just fine Just don't believe the hype Yeah, they might be talking behind your head Your exterior world can step off instead It might take some friends and a warmer shirt But you don't get thick skin without getting burnt Nice to know my kind will be on my side I don't believe the hype And you know you're a terrible sight But you'll be just fine Just don't believe the hype No, I don't know which way I'm going But I can hear my way around No, I don't know which way I'm going But I can hear my way around No, I don't know which way I'm going But I can hear my way around No, I don't know which way I'm going But I can hear my way around But I can hear my way around Nice to know my kind will be on my side I don't believe the hype And you know you're a terrible sight But you'll be just fine Just don't believe the hype (don't believe the hype) Nice to know my kind will be on my side I don't believe the hype And you know you're a terrible sight But you'll be just fine Just don't believe the hype Nice to know my kind will be on my side I don't believe the hype And you know you're a terrible sight But you'll be just fine Just don't believe the hype