I'm so sorry about tonight
I can't be there by your side
Sometimes baby it's so hard
Fighting this stupid war
It's been two years since I've seen you
My going papers overdue
There's just one thing I want to do:
Bid this place adieu

So if you hear me here tonight
I hope my words ring true and bright
I wish one thing and that's to
Be there to wish you a Merry Christmas

It's a duty, yeah I know
And where they send me there I go
But I miss having a phone
So I can call on home
But you're never by yourself
I'm your secret Christmas elf
Next year I'll be there by myself
Nothing else rhymes with elf

So if you hear me here tonight
I hope my words ring true and bright
I wish one thing and that's to
Be there to wish you a Merry Christmas

So if you hear me here tonight
I hope my words ring true and bright
I wish one thing and that's to
Be there to wish you a Merry Christmas