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Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

From The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album1964

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Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

[Verse 1] You better watch out You better not cry You better not pout, I'm telling you why Santa Claus is coming to town [Verse 2] He's making a list He's checking it twice He's gonna find out who's naughty or nice Santa Claus is coming to town [Bridge] He sees you when you're sleeping He knows when you're awake He knows if you've been bad or good So be good for goodness' sake [Verse 3] Oh, you better watch out You better not cry You better not pout, I'm telling you why Santa Claus is coming to town [Instrumental Break] [Bridge] He sees you when you're sleeping He knows when you're awake He knows if you've been bad or good So be good for goodness' sake [Outro] You better watch out You better not cry You better not pout, I'm telling you why Santa Claus Yeah, Santa Claus Santa Claus is coming to town

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"Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" is a song by The Beach Boys from the album The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album, released in 1964. The song was written by Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots. It was produced by Brian Wilson.

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