oh you better watch out you better not cry you better not pout i m telling you why santa claus is coming to town well he s making a list he s checking it twice he s gonna find out who s naughty and nice santa claus is coming to town well he knows when you are sleeping and he knows when you re awake and he knows if you ve been bad or good so be good for goodness sake oh you better watch out you better not cry you better not pout i m telling you why santa claus is coming baby well he is coming to town well he s making a list he s checking it twice gonna find out who s naughty and nice santa claus is coming baby well he is coming to town well he knows when you are sleeping he knows when you re awake he knows if you ve been bad or good so be good for goodness sake so you better watch out you better not cry don t be poutin cause i m telling you why santa claus is coming yeah he is coming to town oh yeah yeah he s coming santa s coming yeah he is coming to town oh yeah