the candles are lit the snow is flying the tree in rockefeller center has just begun to shine the streets are full of shoppers and there s santa claus at saks and the pony rides around the park are leaving deeper tracks but let s stay in turn off the lights and just stay in gazing from the window at the lights below nothing urgent no emergency there s nowhere we need to go let s use the crystal glasses when did we use them last a splash of sparkling water kentucky sour mash no early reason to go out none that i can see here s to you and me baby let s stay in every christmas gets a little crazier sometimes the holidays are tough reaching for deadlines and phone lines and bottom lines enough enough enough let s stay in put up a little tree and just stay in build ourseleves a fire soaking up the glow i wonder what they re doing 30 floors below no earthly reason to go out none that i can see here s to you adn me baby let s stay in