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