This Time of Year

[Intro]
Weather cold
Hot fire's bright and church bells ringing
Hands to hold
Heart's feeling light, and lovers clinging

[Verse 1]
This time of year
With its holiday style
Makes it easy for a while
To pretend, that nothing but a year is ending
'Til the night is near

[Verse 2]
This time of year
I feel better alone
I ignore the telephone
What's the use of making all the old excuses?
Friends don't care to hear

[Bridge]
So, I sit and listen
To the party going on next door
I admit, that I thought twice
Before deciding not to go
The laughter sounds so nice

[Verse 3]
I'll just stay here
I'm a loss in a crowd
There's no loneliness allowed
At a ball, so like a Christmas Cinderella
Trading in her fella and her dream

[Outro]
I'll spend a quite fireplace evening
With lonesome ice cubed chill
And I'll forget you
Just as I forget you
This time of every year