Of course I don't want you to leave me here For goodness sake it's Christmas stay with me The day that I decided to make you mine, oh mine You shoulda known I played for keeps And, you work so hard I've never been So proud No one supports you more than me Oh but now it's cold And you gotta go No you can't be home right now, my dear But I guess it's okay I know you can't stay Just promise me you'll be here To kiss me into the new year Your telephone is ringing on and on No it won't feel like Christmas if you leave And I know you hate when I ask you a thousand times But baby why can't you just stay with me? I always see you work so hard I've never been So proud I'll be the first to let you know Oh but now it's cold And you gotta go No you can't be home right now, my dear But I guess it's okay I know you can't stay Just promise me you'll be here To kiss me into the new year (New year) new year (New year) new year Yeah yeah yeah yeah Said I'll be waiting You know I'm waiting Said I'll be waiting babe Said I Said I'll be waiting babe You know I'll be waiting babe Said I'll be waiting babe Cause now it's cold And you gotta go No you can be home right now, my dear And I wish you could stay But I guess it's okay Just promise me you'll be here To kiss me into the new year