[00:31]well, I can't wait for xmas
[00:34]been buckle-knee'd and listless
[00:36]and you say that you've been wishing weeks away
[00:43]they hung the lights out in the street
[00:48]twisted around the boughs of the trees
[00:51]the choirs sung its holiest refrains like Gloria
[01:01]hosanna in the highest
[01:04]heaven knows
[01:06]this year's been black and blue
[01:11]but we're alright
[01:14]and this xmas could be white for me and you
[01:26]I still can't sleep on xmas eve
[01:48]and we'll never miss a beat
[01:51]scarlet-faced from whiskey neat in the cold
[01:56]singing and dancing in the dark
[02:01]oh I hope these words will do
[02:05]I've had my doubts but not about you
[02:08]im drunk and hearing voices from car parks
[02:14]and this year oh I've got love in me and I hope you know
[02:25]Gloria in Excelsis Deo
[03:16]if I should fall from grace
[03:20]if I should leave this dear green place
[03:23]and if xmas fades without a trace
[03:30]I still want you around
[03:33]there's magic in this grey old town you know
[03:38]you should share in the refrain
[03:43]if you think you know the songs
[03:47]who cares of all the words are wrong
[03:50]who cares if it barely ever knows
[03:56]but still the choir smiles
[04:00]the carol of the  bells echoes