Come On Home For Christmas – English Lyrics

• By: George Ezra
• Album: Gold Rush Kid (Christmas Edition)

Lyrics & Translation

Learning English with George Ezra's "Come On Home For Christmas" is a festive treat! The song's clear and heartfelt lyrics about love and longing during the holidays provide a great opportunity to pick up conversational phrases and emotional vocabulary. Ezra's distinct enunciation makes it easy to follow along and sing, helping to improve your pronunciation and fluency in a fun and engaging way. What makes this song special for learners is its blend of classic Christmas storytelling with a modern, accessible pop sensibility, making it a joyful and memorable way to immerse yourself in the English language and the spirit of the season.

[English]

(chatter in background)

(mystical music)

- [Crew member] George, you're on man.

(George vocalizing)

♪ Bells will be ringing the glad glad news ♪

♪ So hard at Christmas to have the blues ♪

♪ My baby's gone I have no friends ♪

♪ To wish me greetings once again ♪

♪ I hear them singing ♪

♪ Silent night ♪

♪ Christmas carols ♪

♪ By candle light ♪

♪ Oh won't you please come home for Christmas ♪

♪ Oh won't you please come home for Christmas ♪

♪ Come on home for Christmas babe ♪

♪ Come on home for Christmas ♪

♪ Come on home for Christmas babe ♪

♪ Come on home for Christmas ♪

♪ Now won't you tell me you're never wrong ♪

♪ Christmas and New Year will find you home ♪

♪ There'll be no sorrow ♪

♪ No grief or pain ♪

♪ 'Cause I'll be happy ♪

♪ Once again ♪

♪ Oh won't you please come home for Christmas ♪

♪ Oh won't you please come home for Christmas ♪

♪ Come on home for Christmas babe ♪

♪ Come on home for Christmas ♪

♪ Come on home for Christmas babe ♪

♪ Come on home for Christmas ♪

♪ I remember how cute you look beneath the mistletoe ♪

♪ Or you wrapped up by the fire in my winter clothes ♪

♪ And if there's one thing better than falling asleep ♪

♪ By your side ♪

♪ It's to wake up next to you babe at Christmas time ♪

♪ Well please come home ♪

♪ Oh won't you please come home for Christmas ♪

♪ Come on home for Christmas babe ♪

♪ Come on home for Christmas ♪

♪ Come on home for Christmas babe ♪

♪ Come on home for Christmas ♪

♪ Oh won't you come on home for Christmas babe ♪

♪ Come on home for Christmas ♪

♪ Come on home for Christmas babe ♪

♪ Come on home for Christmas ♪

♪ I'm so alone ♪

♪ Please come home ♪

♪ Baby it's cold ♪

♪ Come on over come on home ♪

(mystical music)

(sleigh bells)

Key Grammar Structures

• ♪ So hard at Christmas to have the blues ♪

  ➔ Present continuous tense

  ➔ The phrase 'to have the blues' is in the present continuous tense, indicating an action happening now or around now, emphasizing the ongoing feeling of sadness during Christmas.

• ♪ Oh won't you please come home for Christmas ♪

  ➔ Tag question

  ➔ The phrase 'won't you please' is a tag question, a short question added to the end of a statement to invite agreement or confirmation, making the request more polite and appealing.

• ♪ There'll be no sorrow ♪

  ➔ Future contraction

  ➔ 'There'll' is a contraction of 'there will,' used to express a future action or state, here indicating that there will be no sorrow in the future.

• ♪ It's to wake up next to you babe at Christmas time ♪

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose

  ➔ The phrase 'to wake up next to you' uses the infinitive of purpose with 'to,' indicating the reason or purpose for the action, here the best thing is waking up next to the loved one at Christmas.