On the night before Christmas, I wrote down a songI wrote it for you girl, I know it was wrongWe'd been apart a long time, and it was just a sad timeYou had a new life going strongSo I changed the song to Christmas, and made it like a prayerI took it out and played it around, and it was just a sad timeAnd I made it everywhereNow every time I sing those words of love and hope and truthI know I wrote a Christmas carol just for youI wrote a Christmas carol just for youOn the night before Christmas, I wrote a new lineAbout how good life was, when you were still mineI tried to write a sad song, it just came out a bad songCause you had a new loveLoving your lifeSo I changed the song to ChristmasAnd made it like a prayerI took it out and played it everywhereNow every time I sing those wordsOf love and hope and truthI know I wrote a Christmas carolJust for youI wrote a Christmas carolJust for youThe magic of ChristmasIs helping me throughAnd now I can say quite trulyThis one's for youSo I changed the song to ChristmasAnd made it like a prayerI took it out and played it everywhereNow every time I sing those wordsOf love and hope and truthI know I wrote a Christmas carolJust for youI wrote a Christmas carolJust for you