Darling when it's cold outside And I can see the snowflakes falling I'm staring at the Christmas lights And counting down to when you're calling Got the gifts in the tree Got the cards that I found Ones you wrote me saying, "Santa Clause is coming to town" Got the holiday cheer But there's just one thing that I want this year Don't need presents under the tree Don't need snow and caroling I don't need a lot of wishes I just need you here this Christmas (woo-ooh, hoo) Here this Christmas Silver bells and mistletoe Everywhere you look it's glistening Say you're on your way back home You're the only thing that's missing When you walk through the door And the feeling is right Here together is what makes the season merry and bright Full of holiday cheer It's the one thing that I want this year Don't need presents under the tree Don't need snow and caroling I don't need a lot of wishes I just need you here this Christmas (woo-ooh, hoo) Here this Christmas (woo-ooh, hoo) Here this Christmas Stories by fireside The warmth in a loved one's eyes I know it's time to make some memories now that you are here Don't need presents under the tree Don't need snow and caroling I don't need a lot of wishes I'm just glad you're here this Christmas (woo-ooh, hoo) Here this Christmas (woo-ooh, hoo) Here this Christmas

Cut me loose, my parachute won't let me fly I'll survive cause we've got love Ohhhh Think of me when your world seems to fall apart Under the weight of a heavy heart It's so material, criminal What we put up on a pedestal Need a spark to start a fire Don't be afraid of a chance for a miracle Scare it away being cynical Step into open skies, close your eyes Jump into something you don't recognize Just reach your arms out wide Cut me loose, my parachute won't let me fly I'll survive cause we've got love Summer days will fade away and pass us by But we'll survive cause we've got love Baby what we've got, we've got love And it's all we've got, we've got love Baby what we've got, we've got love Ohhhh I'll be your voice when the whispers get too loud Your home base and the king that keeps you crowned Your breath when you're choking on your words Your sex your right turn When you're ready to start, lean on my heart baby Close your eyes just reach your arms out wide Cut me loose, my parachute won't let me fly I'll survive cause we've got love Summer days will fade away and pass us by But we'll survive cause we've got love Baby what we've got, we've got love And it's all we've got, we've got love Baby what we've got, we've got love Ohhhh Don't need a tomb with a view on the West Side Just wanna wake up at your side Cause when you know it, you know it In the blink of a moment It's like I'm, it's like I'm It's like I'm falling for the first time Cut me loose, my parachute won't let me fly I'll survive cause we've got love Summer days will fade away and pass us by But we'll survive cause we've got love Baby what we've got, we've got love And it's all we've got, we've got love Baby what we've got, we've got love Ohhhh

Works the nightshift at the depot With a pistol and a light And he guards them rustin' missiles Countin' whitetail to pass the time And he's worked there for a long while Since he came home from overseas Helping Kilcorn, fight the good fight And bring Baghdad to it's knees And it was hotter than the mountain But it weren't so ya couldn't stand And it weren't so much the heatwave Nearly as much as all the sand Now his daddy he's a log man With a good leg and fake That he got off of a buddy And a shit shot that he made And he worked them hands to splinters And he raised them youngins right On a little bit of scripture And an acreage of paradise And he'd go out on a weekend And he'd play like Clarence White If Clarence had a real job And picked the guitar when there was time Keeps a trap line in the winter Keeps a line wet in the spring On a lock wall fishin' muskie With his eldest and Steve And they swapped tales about their raisin' And they tell the awfullest lies And they go home when they've a notion And the muskie quit to bitin'

Here I stand in Bressanone With the stars up in the sky Are they shining over Brenner And upon the other side You would be a sweet surrender But I must go the other way And my train will carry me onward Though my heart would surely stay Oh my heart would surely stay... Now the clouds are flying by me And the moon is on the rise I have left the stars behind me They were diamonds in your skies You would be a sweet surrender But I must go the other way And my train will carry me onward Though my heart would surely stay Oh my heart would surely stay...