THERE’S A SUGAR DUST FROSTING ON THE TREES
AND A JINGLE BELLS RHYTHM IN THE BREEZE
FAMILIAR SOUND, WATCHING FOR THE SIGN

WHEN YOU REMEMBER (DING DING DONG)
THAT IT’S DECEMBER (DING DING DONG)
IN THE COMING CHRISTMAS TIME

ALL THE STOCKINGS ARE HANGING UP WITH CARE
AND SONGS OF DAYS GONE BY IN THE AIR
THERE’S YOU AND I SITTING BY THE FIRE

A SIMPLE PLAN (DING DING DONG)
WE’RE HAND IN HAND (DING DING DONG)
IN THE COMING CHRISTMAS TIME

CAPRA AND DICKENS GOT IT RIGHT
PICTURES OF A SEASON THAT BURN BRIGHT
SHORING UP SOME LAUGHTER AND SOME TEARS
MEMORIES DEAR

MAYBE THERE’S A SANTA AFTER ALL
HELPING ALL YOUR TROUBLES SEEM SO SMALL
WITH A “HO HO HO”, AND SOME CHEER
MAKES IT CLEAR
EVERY YEAR

SOPHISTICATION’S TAKEN A BACK SEAT
AND SIMPLE THINGS SITTING PRETTY SWEET
THE YULETIDE IS WHEN A HEART’LL CHIME
HEAR THE SOUNDS (DING DING DONG)
AND SEE THE SIGNS (DING DING DONG)
WHEN YOU REMEMBER (DING DING DONG)
THAT IT’S DECEMBER (DING DING DONG)

IN THE COMING CHRISTMAS TIME

RIGHT AWAY THEY NEED PROTECTING
CUZ THERE’S DANGER ALL AROUND
BUT THEN THEY START A WALKING
AND THE RULES FIND NEW GROUND

AS THEY GO OUT IN THE WORLD
DISCOVERING THEIR SKIN
WILL THEY COME BACK HOME A RUNNING
WHEN THEY TAKE IT ON THE CHIN

WHAT A FATHER KNOWS
KEEP AWAY FROM UNDERTOWS
THE DEEP BLOOD CONNECTIONS
ALWAYS SHOW

EVERY GENERATION
THEY’D LIKE TO GET IT RIGHT
BUT BEING A DAD AIN’T EASY
CUZ IT’S NEVER BLACK AND WHITE
WHEN THEY’RE FLYING THEIR OWN KITES

WHAT A FATHER KNOWS
FROM HIS HEART DOWN TO HIS TOES
THE TRUE BLOOD CONNECTIONS
FOREVER GLOW

WHAT A FATHER KNOWS
THROUGH THE HOWLIN WINDS AND SNOWS
THE DEEP BLOOD CONNECTIONS
WITH HIGHS AND LOWS
WHAT A FATHER KNOWS
FROM HIS HEART THIS LIFE AROSE
TRUE BLOOD CONNECTIONS
‘LL NEVER CLOSE