Christmas Eve Can Kill You

The winter s flaking snow is brushin through the wiry trees

I stuff my hands down deep inside my coat

I think of years ago and half remembered Christmas trees

And faces that still warm me with their glow


The cold and empty evening hangs around me like a ghost

I listen to my footsteps in the snow

The sound of one man walking through the snow can break your heart

But stopping doesn t help so on I ll go


And Christmas Eve can kill ya

When you re trying to hitch a ride to anywhere


The icy air I m breathin s all that keeps me on my feet

I feel like I ve been walking all my life

A car goes runnin by the man don t even turn his head

Guess he s busy bein Santa Claus tonight


The saddest part of all is knowin if I switched with him

I d leave him stumbling ragged by the road

I d ride that highway to the arms of my sweet family

And forget about the stranger in the cold


And Christmas Eve can kill ya

When you re tryin to hitch a ride to anywhere


And as I walk I m singing to myself oh Silent Night

Hoping I can save those other souls

Oh God forgive the man that drives right by the other man

Take pity on the stranger in the cold


Cause Christmas Eve can kill ya

When you re tryin to hitch a ride to anywhere