In Excelsis Deo

Well I can't wait for Christmas

Been buckle-knee'd and listless

And you say that you've been wishing weeks away

They hung the lights out in the street

Twisted round the boughs of the trees

The choir sung its holiest refrains

Like Gloria

Hosanna in the highest

Heaven knows

This year's been black and blue

But we're alright

And this Christmas could be white for me and you

I still can't sleep on Christmas Eve

And we'll never miss a beat

Scarlet-faced from whiskey neat in the cold

Singing dancing in the dark

Oh I hope these words will do

I've had my doubts but not about you

I'm drunk and hearing voices in car parks

And this year oh I've got love in me I swear I hope you know

Gloria In Excelsis Deo

If I should fall from grace

If I should leave this dear green place

And if Christmas fades without a trace

I still want you around

There's magic in this grey old town you know

You should share in the refrain

If you think you know the songs

Who cares if all the words are wrong

Who cares if it barely ever snows

But still the choir smiles

The carol of the bell echoes