Story Behind The Song
A remembrance of Christmas past with hope for Christmas present.
Song Description
A nostalgic, hopeful urban holiday song that recalls the little things that make Christmas memorable. Guitar, mandolin, button accordion, National slide guitar, mellotron and warm vocals combine to create a richly textured, uptempo and unique sound.
| Song Length |
3:41 |
Genre |
Unique - Holiday, Country - Americana |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Welcoming, Joyful |
Subject |
Holidays , Hope |
| Similar Artists |
The Band, Lyle Lovett |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
"Everybody's Wishing for Their Santa Claus" Copyright: 2010 by: John Stano
Verse 1
Shivering in the parking lot trying to pick out a tree.
Does this one look straight to you? It looks pretty straight to me.
Tie it to the roof, drive it home, decorate it, with the family.
Get the ornaments from the crawl space, they're in a cardboard box.
Put Grandma's tattered angel up on the treetop.
Snow is falling harder now, when you think it's gonna stop?
Chorus:
Everybody's wishing for their Santa Claus.
Everybody's hoping for their Santa Claus.
Everybody's wishing for their Santa Claus,
To come to their house one more time.
Bridge:
Stop studying your practiced cool you know you ain't James Dean.
Don't get all hung up on the hard times that you've seen.
Fresh coat of snow is going to paint this town clean.
Verse 2
The kids are up at 5AM on Christmas morn.
Probably even earlier than Jesus was born.
Streetlight makes the snowflakes glitter on the lawn.
Brew up some coffee and open up the gifts.
Hold off on the one you know is gonna really make 'em flip.
Sparkle in your eyes let's me know you got your wish.
Chorus:
Everybody's wishing for their Santa Claus.
Everybody's hoping for their Santa Claus.
Everybody's wishing for their Santa Claus,
To come to their house one more time.
To come to their house one more time.
To come to their house one more time.