Bells will be ringing the sad, sad news Oh what a Christmas to have the blues My baby's gone I have no friends + To wish me greetings once again Crowds will be singing "Silent Night" Christmas carols by candlelight Please come home for Christmas, please come home for Christmas If not for Christmas, by New Year's night bridge: Friends and relations send salutations + Sure as the stars shine above But this is Christmas, yes, Christmas my dear + The time of year to be with the one you love So won't you tell me you'll never more roam Christmas and New Year's will find you home There'll be no more sorrow, no grief and pain And I'll be happy, [1: happy] [2: Christmas] [repeat verse 3] [...again] / / / / When the waitress said Closin' time