The train is rolling down the track I look ahead I don't look back I've got some presents in my pack I'm coming home for Christmas There's a light up on the hill there's a town that lies so still There's a house that waits for me I'm coming home for Christmas I'm coming home for Christmas It's where I want to be I'm coming home for Christmas To be with family We're going to hold together Gather around the tree Were going to share a story I’m going to fill my heart with love and peace This whole world keeps spinning round but soon I'll be touching down There’s someone there that waits for me I’m coming home for Christmas Driving to the old hometown familiar sites familiar sounds I was lost but now I'm found I'm home for Christmas I'm coming home for Christmas It's where I want to be I'm coming home for Christmas To be with family We're going to hold together Gather around the tree Were going to share a story I’m going to fill my heart with love and peace And every year it feels the same When Christmas time comes round again I get this feeling in my heart I just want to be a part I'm coming home for Christmas It's where I want to be I'm coming home for Christmas To be with family We're going to hold together Gather around the tree Were going to share a story I’m going to fill my heart with love and peace

There's a buzz out on the street With the people that you meet It's a wave goodbye It's a look in your eye "It's Christmas time again!" The trim is on the tree There's a stocking there for me I'm going to look up high For that star in the sky It's Christmas time It's Christmas time It's Christmas time in our own time Christmas Time It's Christmas time It's Christmas Time Again! Planes that fly the ocean Boats out on the sea Well people all around the world Sing in harmony Children staying up to late Just wondering what might be And people gather all around With their families The train is on the track (toot Toot) There’s a grandchild on a lap It’s a homemade pie It's a fancy tie It's Christmas time It's Christmas time It's Christmas time in our own time It's Christmas Time It’s Christmas time It's Christmas Time Again musical turnaround.. It's Christmas Time Again Planes that fly the ocean Boats out on the sea Well people all around the world Sing in harmony Children staying up to late Just wondering what might be And people gather all around With their families The train is on the track (toot Toot) There's a grandchild on a lap It's a joyful cry It’s a natural high It's Christmas time It's Christmas time It's Christmas time in our own time Christmas Time It's Christmas time It's Christmas Time Again Oh..Christmas time It's Christmas time It's Christmas time in our own time Christmas Time It's Christmas time It's Christmas Time Again Oh Christmas time Agaaaaaaiiinnn! (short musical interlude) Oh Christmas time It's Christmas time It's Christmas time in our own time Christmas Time It's Christmas time It's Christmas Time Again Merry Christmas Everybody!!

A star in the sky A sign from on high A baby is born tonight It’s Jesus the Christ Oh Jesus the Christ Oh Jesus the Christ (BABY) A baby is born tonight It’s Jesus the Christ A babe and his mom Our lord and his son A saviour to heal the world It’s Jesus the Christ Oh Jesus the Christ Oh Jesus the Christ (SAVIOR) A saviour to heal the world It’s Jesus the Christ And wise men from the east awakened in the night Bearing gifts they travelled following the light There they found the baby lying in the hay A brilliant light of a brand new day and then Getting closer felt the power of his love Reining down from above It’s Jesus the Christ Oh Jesus the Christ (LAY DOWN) Oh lay down your earthly things It’s Jesus the Christ Oh Jesus the Christ Our Jesus the Christ (BABY) A baby is born tonight It’s Jesus the Christ Oh Jesus the Christ Our Jesus the Christ (SAVIOUR) A saviour to heel the world It’s Jesus the Christ A saviour to heal the world It’s Jesus the Christ

The train has left the station the air is crisp and clean The snow that’s found my little town is colored red, blue and green I see the old church steeple it's ringing through the pines I'm coming home for Christmas in my Mind I walked beneath the street lamps that once took care of me I gaze into the windows and see the Christmas trees The moon lights up the meadow I see the back porch light I'm coming home for Christmas in my mind I'm coming home for Christmas I'll be right there with you We'll gather around the Christmas tree we’ll sing-a-Song or two We'll all join hands together we'll share some family time I'm coming home for Christmas in my mind (Spoken) It’s cold here on the battlefront the men have layed down their arms It's Christmas eve for both sides here among these fields and farms I hear the men they're singing it's raining through the pines They take home for Christmas in my Mind I see Mom in the kitchen She's picking us a pie And Daddy's in the living room he's building us a fire My brothers and my sisters were having a good time I'm coming home for Christmas in my mind I'm coming home for Christmas I'll be right there with you We'll gather around the Christmas tree we’ll sing-a-Song or two We'll all join hands together we'll share some family time I'm coming home for Christmas in my mind This war will soon be over and soon you'll all be mine I'm coming home for Christmas if only in my mind

Well it was Christmas time in Collingwood Elementary 1-6 And the teachers were all buzzing round excited for the kids And underneath my Christmas tree were gifts from kids piled high And there was one gift that really caught my eye Instead of Christmas paper it was wrapped in the Sunday news And instead of pretty ribbon it was laces from some shoes And stuck there on the cover with black tape was a sign for me Merry Christmas Mrs. Jollymore from Johnny Reid Well Johnny was the kind of kid a teacher learns to hate He'd acted a fool Disrupt my class and always come in late And when he wasn't bugging me for supplies he should have had He was demanding of the time I never had CHORUS: Do you ever stop and wonder why Do you ever think about the story that's behind If only we could open up our hearts to really see What a wonderful world this could be Well the day to open presents came - it would be that afternoon And I got thinking about Johnny and his gift back in my room So I went down to the office to investigate his file I sat down to read for a while... Grade one : Johnny’s a happy child he knows his ABC's He gets along with others and loves to learn to read You'll often see him drawing -he's developed quite a style His mother got sick this year... she'll be in the hospital for a while : Grade Two Johnny's a quiet boy he finds it hard to learn Doesn't play with others and he'll often miss his turn He get confused and is sometimes frightened and sometimes he is sad His Mother died this year- he lives now with his dad Grade three : Johnny’s a boisterous child who draws on hallway walls He shouts out loud, bullies the crowd, and when running often falls And when it comes to schoolwork - you'll often hear "I can't " His father works away from home - he bunking in now with his aunt. CHORUS Well I put Johnny's file away and headed back to class We opened up some chocolates, an apron and a glass, And when it came to Johnnies gift he placed it on my knee He said, "This is for you Mrs Jollymore - it's from me!" I slowly opened up the box and gently reached inside There I found a bracelet that his mother wore with pride Then a half empty bottle of chanel #5 And he said, "now you can smell like mom when she was alive" Instrumental… With trembling hands I put the items back into their place I looked up at a little boy with tears on his face How could I have been so blind to not see who he was Just a little boy who needed love CHORUS Well I had Johnny all that year and for two years after that I took him under way wing and gave him all I had It was lunch time and after school and sometimes weekends too I wanted to show him what he could do Well Johnny he looked up to me he'd smile with every pat He graduated high school and went on after that To grad school his masters a doctor he would be I wondered if he remembered me CHORUS 20 years since we last met a letter can me Hello Mrs. Jollymore I hope you remember me I'm getting married and you don't know it but you're like family My dad died a year ago - would you stand with me? I never have forgotten the attention that you paid You taught me to be a decent boy and that men could be made And when I was lost and lonely - you were my shining star I sure hope you can come from where ever you are Well I wrote Johnny back and told him that I would But he had been my shining star - my little boy who could For he had giving me something that my heart could not forget It was the biggest lesson that I've learned yet

In the night the angels came from heaven Down to shepherds in their fields so blessed Telling of the baby born in Beth le hem Go and see and tell the world about him In the night a brilliant light was shining Wise men from the east they followed blindly There they found a baby softly sleeping Bowing to his grace they heard the singing Haaaaaaal lay looooou yah, Haaaaaaal lay looooou yah, Haaaaaaal lay looooou yah, A baby ... the christ child ... is born Now we know his life and what he gave us Bearing sins upon the cross to save us No where in this world you will not find his love Can you hear the angels singing high above Haaaaaaal lay looooou yah, Haaaaaaal lay looooou yah, Haaaaaaal lay looooou yah, A baby ... the christ child ... is born Haaaaaaal lay looooou yah, Haaaaaaal lay looooou yah, Haaaaaaal lay looooou yah, A baby ... the christ child ... is born