well it was 10 o clock on christmas eve i was wipin eggnog on my sleeve tryin hard to fight those christmas blues i went to bed turned out the light i woke up sometime around midnight thought i heard somebody singin blue suede shoes well i got up and scratched my head i know that voice but who i said opened the window and looked outside i saw nine reindeer parked out back hitched up to a long pink cadillac they looked like they d just finished one heck of a ride well my hair stood up on the back of my neck i went downstairs for one quick check i just had to find out for myself well he was big that much was true but he looked like someone else i knew not like that white bearded rosy cheeked old man oh he s the king the king of christmas alive and well and ridin in his sleigh and i just can t help believin well those tabloids ain t deceivin cause the king of christmas passed me on his way now beneath his cap of jet black hair and sideburns hangin down to there he wore a silver belt around his waist then with a swivel of his hip he started to curl his upper lip with a look that said merry christmas on his face then with a karate kick he whirled around i saw him write something down he took the note and he stuffed it in my sock then he put a record under the tree just before he turned to leave he hummed a bit of jailhouse rock oh he s the king the king of christmas alive and well and ridin in his sleigh and i just can t help believin well those tabloids ain t deceivin cause the king of christmas passed me on his way then he pulled up his collar and flipped back his hair and disappeared into thin air i saw the sequins glitter upon his coat that 45 that he d laid down was santa claus is back in town and i played it while i read the words he wrote i ll outlive rock and roll and postage stamps that say i m dead and at the bottom he signed his famous name well some say the king was put to rest but me and santa we know best and i bet somewhere there s elves that ll say the same oh he s the king the king of christmas alive and well and ridin in his sleigh and as i heard that sleigh rev and fly through the night there came a cry santa claus has left the building 