And The Salvation Army Band Plays

The clothes on the washing line are frozen hard

The cat's got the rubbish in the back yard

I wrote you a letter,

and a Christmas card

But I didn't send it to you

'Cause you're not in this world

There's candles on the TV

in "Songs of Praise"

I'm lying on the settee with my bills unpaid

There's boxes of confetti and a new teasmade,

on the table

If you see me tonight,

writing your name in the snow...

Will I see you again?

I wish you could tell me so

And the salvation army band plays

And the salvation army band plays

And the salvation army band plays

And the salvation army band plays

Ring out, Christmas bells

Ring out, Christmas bells

(And the salvation army band plays) Ring out, Christmas bells

(And the salvation army band plays)

The windows are broken,

there's ice in the house

There's no heating tokens

so the fire's gone out

Not a word here is spoken,

only silence and doubt

Since you left...

No milk today

My love's gone away

I'll sit on the stairs with my tears on display

And call out the ghosts that we thought we had slayed

To hole me till the winter ends

If you see me tonight,

writing your name in the snow...

Will I see you again?

I wish you could tell me so

And the salvation army band plays

And the salvation army band plays

And the salvation army band plays

And the salvation army band plays

Ring out, Christmas bells

Ring out, Christmas bells

(And the salvation army band plays) Ring out, Christmas bells

(And the salvation army band plays)

(And the salvation army band plays) Ring out, Christmas bells

(And the salvation army band plays) Ring out, Christmas bells

(And the salvation army band plays) Ring out, Christmas bells

(And the salvation army band plays) Ring out, Christmas bells

Ring out, Christmas bells

Ring out, Christmas bells

Ring out, Christmas bells

Ring out, Christmas bells

Ring out, Christmas bells

Ring out, Christmas bells

Ring out, Christmas bells

Ring out, Christmas bells

Ring out, Christmas bells

Ring out, Christmas bells