Please Come Home For Christmas – English Lyrics

• By: Alicia Keys
• Album: Santa Baby

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the soul of the holidays with Alicia Keys' version of "Please Come Home For Christmas." This song offers a beautiful opportunity to learn English through its clear, emotional lyrics about love and longing. The contrast between the festive setting and the lonely feelings expressed makes it a powerful and memorable track for any music lover.

[English]

Hee

Bells will be ringin' the sad, sad news

Oh, what a Christmas to have the blues

My baby is gone and I have no friends

To wish me greetings once again

Choirs be singin' "Silent Night

...

Christmas carols by the candlelight

Please, please come home for

Christmas, please, please come home

If not for Christmas, then by

New Year's night

...

Friends and relations send salutations

Ayy

Sure as the stars shine above

But this is Christmas, yeah, Christmas

My dear

Time of the year to be with the

One you love

...

So won't you tell me you'll never roam

Christmas and New Year's

Find you at home

There'll be no sorrow

No grief and no pain

And I'll be happy (Happy)

Happy once again

C'mon

...

Yeah

There'll be no sorrow

No grief and no pain

Oh, I'll be happy (Happy)

Christmas once again

Mmm

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
bells /bɛlz/ A2	noun - a hollow metal device that makes a ringing sound when struck
news /njuːz/ A2	noun - information about recent events
Christmas /ˈkrɪs.məs/ A1	noun - a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ
baby /ˈbeɪ.bɪ/ A1	noun - a very young child
friends /frɛndz/ A2	noun - people you know and like
greetings /ˈɡriː.tɪŋz/ B1	noun - words or actions expressing good wishes
stars /stɑːrz/ A2	noun - balls of burning gas in the sky
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - a measurement of duration
love /lʌv/ A2	noun/verb - a strong feeling of affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone
peace /piːs/ B2	noun - freedom from conflict or disturbance
sorrow /ˈsɒr.oʊ/ B2	noun - a feeling of deep sadness
pain /peɪn/ B2	noun - physical or emotional suffering
happiness /ˈhæp.i.nəs/ B1	noun - the state of being happy

Key Grammar Structures

• Hee

  ➔ Interjection used to express emotion or hesitation.

  ➔ Hee is an informal expression.

• will be ringin' the sad, sad news

  ➔ Future continuous tense indicating an ongoing event in the future.

  ➔ The phrase "will be ringing" shows an action that will happen and continue in the future.

• My baby is gone and I have no friends

  ➔ Simple present tense indicating possession and states.

  ➔ Uses "is gone" to describe a completed action leading to absence.

• choirs be singin' "Silent Night"

  ➔ Present continuous tense with colloquial contraction "be singin'".

  ➔ Uses colloquial form "be singin'" for informal speech, implying ongoing action.

• Please, please come home for Christmas

  ➔ Imperative sentence structure expressing a plea or request.

  ➔ Imperative mood used for making a direct plea.

• If not for Christmas, then by New Year's night

  ➔ Conditional sentence structure with "if" clause leading to a consequence.

  ➔ Uses a conditional "if" clause to express a hypothetical situation.