Mint-cool midnight, moonlight on the rooftops
Swim down cobblestones full of snow and stardrops
Big Apple Tabernacle Choir singing fa la la
Eight more shopping days 'til the brouhaha
Candy taste with every breath I take
Exhale an icy mist of crystal in my wake
But the peppermint tingle I'm feeling in my soul
Is the candy-cane swirl of a world out of control . . .
If you're stranded in the snowstorm you're not the only one
Deep down inside you there shines a loving sun
Take these days to rediscover what makes life worthwhile
Show me your Saturnalia smile
I had a dream, circa Urban Millennium
Whole world waitin' by the fire for the Fat Man to come
But the Fat Man was fillin' in at the radio station
Sending out some stereophonic transubstantiation
The Whole World Waitin' was getting all upset
Thinkin' talkin' screamin' bout those gifts they didn't get
Now I'm not one to tell somebody how to live
But what about those gifts that are uniquely yours to give?
If you're stranded in the snowstorm you're not the only one
Deep down inside you there shines a loving sun
Take these days to rediscover what makes life worthwhile
Show me your Saturnalia smile