My Christmas list grows shorter every year things just aren`t the way they were before
My Christmas list grows shorter every year it`s almost not like Christmas anymore
I guess it`s cause I came from a pretty big family
Christmas was always a big happy time
We used to swap presents with aunts uncles and cousins
Course most of the presents just came from the five and dime
I remember how I used to get such a big kick out of wrappin`
Just a simple little box and placin` it under the tree
Everybody at my house used to laugh and said that I was born
With a little too much of the spirit of Christmas in me
I left home a few years ago now and it seemed then that things started to change
Mom passed on now daddy`s gone Christmases seem sorta strange
Sister ran off with some weird kinda guy I never did understand him too much
My kid brother`s off somewhere in the service
And he never was the kind to stay in touch
Course I started my own family a few years ago
My wife and I had two of the cutest little girls
I ha ha remember last Christmas I really went wild
I bought them just about everything in the whole wide world
And I remember on the Christmas Eve night I took `em upon my lap
And I told them the story of Jesus
And the Santa Claus and the eight tiny reindeer
All I wish now is the spirit of Christmas could have lingered throughout the whole year
You see my wife left me back in September the kids are with her I don`t know where
I`d love to just send them a small Christmas card
To let them know that daddy does care
Cause Christmas is a time for sharing your gifts and your heart
With the ones that you love the best
But sittin` here tonight lookin` at this big sheet of paper
I don`t even have one single address
My Christmas list grows shorter every year oh what I`d give to just go back in time
My Christmas list grows shorter every year the only name that`s left this year is mine
