The cold wind is blowing and the streets are getting dark
I'm writing you a letter and I don't know where to start
The bells will be ringing Saint John, The Divine
I get a little lonely every year around this time

The music plays all night in Little Italy
The lights will be going up on old Rockafella's tree
People window shoppin' on fifth avenue
But all I want for Christmas is you

I've got to know
(Nobody ought to be alone on Christmas)
Where do lonely hearts go?...
(Nobody ought to be alone on Christmas)
Oh..., Nobody ought to be alone on Christmas

The dancing shadows on the wall
(The two-step in the hall)
Are all I see since you've been gone
(turning, turning, turning)
Through all I sit here and I wait
(I turn to stone, I turn to stone)
Will you return again someday
to my blue world?

I turn to stone when you are gone
I turn to stone
I turn to stone, when ya comin' home
I can't go on

Yes, I'm turnin' to stone
'Cause you ain't coming home
Why ain't you comin' home
If I'm turnin' to stone
You've been gone for so long
And I can't carry on
Yes, I'm turnin', I'm turnin'
I'm turnin' to stone

I've spent a lot of money and I've spent a lot of time
The trip we made to Hollywood is etched upon my mind
After all the things we've done and seen you find another man
The things you think are useless I can't understand

Are you reelin' in the years?
Stowin' away the time
Are you gatherin' up the tiers?
Have you had enough of mine
Are you reelin' in the years?
Stowin' away the time
Are you gatherin' up the tears
this Christmas time?

Do you remember sleigh ridin' in the snow?
And dancin' all night to “baby, please come home”
Today's celebration is bittersweet
Santa can’t you hear me?

But, I've got to know
(Nobody ought to be alone on Christmas)
Where do lonely hearts go?...
(Nobody ought to be alone on Christmas)
Oh..., Nobody ought to be alone on Christmas
Oh..., Nobody ought to turn to stone on Christmas!

I turn to stone when you are gone
I turn to stone
(Nobody ought to be alone on Christmas)
I turn to stone, when you comin' home?
I can't go on
(Nobody ought to be alone on Christmas)
I turn to stone when you are gone
I turn to stone
(Nobody wants to turn to stone on Christmas)