Christmas Eve Can Kill You

[Verse 1]

The winter's flaking snow is brushing through the pine wood trees

I stuck my hands down deep inside my coat

I think of years ago and half remembered Christmas trees

And faces that still warm me with their glow

[Verse 2]

The cold and empty evening hangs around me like a ghost

I listen to my footsteps in the snow

The sound of one man walking through the snow can break your heart

But stopping doesn't help, so on I'll go

[Refrain 1]

And Christmas Eve can kill you

When you're trying to hitch a ride to anywhere

[Verse 3]

The icy air I'm breathing's all that keeps me on my feet

I feel like I've been walking all my life

A car goes running by, the man don't even turn his head

Guess he's busy being Santa Claus tonight

[Verse 4]

The saddest part of all is knowing if I switched with him

I'd leave him stumbling ragged by the road

I'd ride that highway to arms of my sweet family

And forget about the stranger in the cold

[Refrain 2]

And Christmas Eve can kill you

When you're trying to hitch a ride to anywhere

[Verse 5]

And as I walk I'm singing to myself "O Silent Night"

Hoping I can save those other souls

Oh, God, forgive the man that drives right by the other man

Have pity on the stranger in the cold

[Refrain 3]

Cause Christmas Eve can kill you

When you're trying to hitch a ride to anywhere