作词 : Paul O'Neill 作曲 : Paul O'Neill In an old city bar That's never too far From the places that gather The dreams that have been In the safety of night With its old neon light It beckons to strangers And they always come in And the snow it was falling Neon was calling The music was low And the night Christmas EveAnd here was the danger That even with strangers Inside of this night It's easier to believe Then the door opened wide And a child came inside That no one in the bar Had seen there before And he asked did we know That outside in the snow That someone was lost Standing outside our door Then the bartender gazed Through the smoke and the haze Through the window and ice To that corner streetlight Where standing alone By a broken pay phone Was a girl, the child said Could no longer get home And the snow it was falling Neon was calling Bartender turned and said, "Not that I careBut how would you know this?" The child said, "I've noticedIf one could be home, they'd be already there" Then the bartender came out, from behind the bar And in all of his life, was never that far And he did something else that he thought no one saw When he took all the cash from the register drawer Then he followed the child to the girl across the street And we watched from the bar as they started to speak Then he called for a cab then he said, "J.F.K." Put the girl in the cab and the cab drove away And we saw in his hand, that the cash was all gone From the light that she had wished upon If you want to arrange it This world you can change it If we could somehow make this Christmas thing last By helpin' a neighbour Even a stranger To know who needs help You need only just ask Then he looked for the child But the child wasn't there Just the wind and the snow Waltzing dreams through the air So he walked back inside Somehow different,I think For the rest of the night No one paid for a drink And the cynics will say That some neighbourhood kid Wandered in on some bums In the world where they hid But they weren't there So they couldn't see By an old neon star On that night, Christmas When the snow it was falling And neon was calling In case you should wonder In case you should care Why we on our own Never went home? On that night of all nights We were already there
[00:00.000] 作词 : Paul O'Neill [00:01.000] 作曲 : Paul O'Neill [00:13.03][00:15.40]In an old city bar[00:15.40] [00:16.46][00:18.05]That's never too far [00:19.32][00:21.93]From the places that gather [00:22.86][00:25.09]The dreams that have been [00:26.02][00:28.53]In the safety of night [00:29.36][00:31.63]With its old neon light [00:32.61][00:35.75]It beckons to strangers [00:36.03][00:38.57]And they always come in [00:39.08][00:42.31]And the snow it was falling [00:42.53][00:44.74]Neon was calling [00:45.32][00:48.28]The music was low [00:48.93][00:51.86]And the night Christmas [00:52.89][00:55.85]EveAnd here was the danger [00:56.35][00:59.30]That even with strangers [00:59.53][01:02.04]Inside of this night [01:02.62][01:09.18]It's easier to believe [01:19.11][01:21.78]Then the door opened wide [01:22.74][01:25.05]And a child came inside [01:25.76][01:28.22]That no one in the bar [01:29.07][01:31.22]Had seen there before [01:32.40][01:34.79]And he asked did we know [01:37.98][01:35.62]That outside in the snow [01:38.91][01:41.39]That someone was lost [01:41.88][01:44.93]Standing outside our door [01:45.48][01:47.94]Then the bartender gazed [01:48.64][01:51.06]Through the smoke and the haze [01:52.12][01:54.11]Through the window and ice [01:55.23][01:57.25]To that corner streetlight [01:58.34][02:00.15]Where standing alone [02:01.46][02:03.83]By a broken pay phone [02:04.66][02:07.55]Was a girl, the child said [02:07.86][02:10.65]Could no longer get home [02:11.31][02:13.60]And the snow it was falling [02:14.66][02:17.03]Neon was calling [02:18.05][02:28.43]Bartender turned and said, "Not that I careBut how would you know this?" [02:28.29][02:40.44]The child said, "I've noticedIf one could be home, they'd be already there" [02:50.88][02:56.01]Then the bartender came out, from behind the bar [02:56.97][03:01.82]And in all of his life, was never that far [03:02.98][03:08.18]And he did something else that he thought no one saw [03:06.11][03:14.51]When he took all the cash from the register drawer [03:15.55][03:20.30]Then he followed the child to the girl across the street [03:21.65][03:26.40]And we watched from the bar as they started to speak [03:28.08][03:33.55]Then he called for a cab then he said, "J.F.K." [03:34.20][03:39.16]Put the girl in the cab and the cab drove away [03:40.60][03:46.10]And we saw in his hand, that the cash was all gone [03:46.55][03:53.37]From the light that she had wished upon [03:54.82][03:58.31]If you want to arrange it [03:58.96][04:01.55]This world you can change it [04:07.81][04:02.23]If we could somehow make this Christmas thing last [04:09.50][04:10.04]By helpin' a neighbour [04:11.77][04:13.62]Even a stranger [04:15.41][04:17.53]To know who needs help [04:19.16][04:22.86]You need only just ask [04:34.53][04:36.17]Then he looked for the child [04:37.86][04:39.94]But the child wasn't there [04:41.01][04:43.47]Just the wind and the snow [04:43.64][04:46.87]Waltzing dreams through the air [04:47.98][04:50.33]So he walked back inside [04:50.63][04:52.69]Somehow different,I think [04:54.50][04:56.68]For the rest of the night [04:57.07][04:59.72]No one paid for a drink [05:00.88][05:03.17]And the cynics will say [05:04.51][05:06.52]That some neighbourhood kid [05:07.82][05:09.52]Wandered in on some bums [05:10.92][05:13.18]In the world where they hid [05:14.17][05:16.45]But they weren't there [05:17.44][05:19.43]So they couldn't see [05:20.49][05:22.67]By an old neon star [05:23.92][05:24.84]On that night, [05:24.90][05:25.26]Christmas [05:26.86][05:29.44]When the snow it was falling [05:30.63][05:32.94]And neon was calling [05:33.82][05:36.41]In case you should wonder [05:37.49][05:39.82]In case you should care [05:41.78][05:44.82]Why we on our own [05:46.00][05:47.42]Never went home? [05:48.77][05:51.62]On that night of all nights [05:53.73][05:58.05]We were already there
