On the day before the day before Christmas There's a friend of a friend of a friend With a ride to the train to the airport With the gifts you'd forgotten to send You've never been so good at all this hurry up and wait And you almost miss your flights while online shopping at the gate Merry Christmas to everyone who's joining us at gate 30 tonight And Happy Holidays too There's a line for the line for the airplane There's a sports team and some kind of band You look in your bag for your ticket It's always been right in your hand And they're trying to explain why there might be a delay And you never could be worried about time on holidays The pilot's got a music chip in his tie And he's making it sing deck the halls It's somebody's very first airplane ride She makes a lot of noise for being so small On the day before the day after New year's To the plane from the gate from the car You text your goodbyes as you're boarding And they're trying to check your guitar And it's not so very festive, riding airplanes all alone But it's the only way of celebrating that you've known Merry Christmas to everyone who's joining us at gate 30 tonight And Happy Holidays too