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