Watching from afar the Hollywood sign Boulevards and palm trees and cloud nine Watching from afar, happy families all around me Mmm Going for a ride in a Cabriolet The Malibu sunset, speeding on the freeway Watching from afar, lovebirds on the beach all around me Mmm And I know it never snows in California But somehow subzero in my heart without you So shake it like a snow globe "Merry Christmas" written on a postcard Is it a Merry Christmas now that you are so far? A Merry Christmas, the happiest season of all And in Santa Monica they're dancin' 'round the tree And further down in Venice, the land meets the sea My feet in the Pacific, wonderin' if you think of me And I know it never snows in California But somehow subzero in my heart without you So shake it like a snow globe "Merry Christmas" written on a postcard Is it a Merry Christmas now that you are so far? A Merry Christmas, the happiest season of all
Merry Christmas, didn't get your letter Is it a Merry Christmas? Hopin' you feel better Now there's no Merry Christmas Not the happiest season at all
And if this was a movie, I'd make it just in time For the very last flight to Stockholm And find you underneath the mistletoe And forget all that was, but this ain't a movie "Merry Christmas" written on a postcard Is it a Merry Christmas now that you are so far? A Merry Christmas, the happiest season of all Merry Christmas, didn't get your letter Is it a Merry Christmas? Hopin' you feel better Now there's no Merry Christmas Not the happiest season at all 'Cause it never snows in California