Santa's Coming For Us – English Lyrics

• By: Sia
• Album: Everyday Is Christmas

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the festive cheer of Sia's "Santa's Coming For Us"! This upbeat and joy-filled Christmas pop song is perfect for English language learners, offering clear, repetitive lyrics and common holiday vocabulary that make it easy to follow along. You can learn vocabulary related to Christmas traditions, expressions of excitement, and simple narrative structures, all set to a catchy, jazzy beat that makes language learning a truly enjoyable experience.

[English]

(audience clapping)

♪ Nights are getting shorter now hot chocolate ♪

♪ Fills the air and Christmas cheer does too ♪

♪ Picking out your Christmas tree, so lovely ♪

♪ The joy this time it brings to you ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Santa's coming to town ♪

♪ Oh, da da da, oh, da da da ♪

♪ Oh, da da da, oh, da da da ♪

♪ Oh, da da da, oh, da da da ♪

♪ Santa's coming to town ♪

♪ Sing it to the deer in the sky ♪

♪ Sing it as they jingle, jingle, jingle tonight ♪

♪ Sing it to the moon, set it free ♪

♪ You're the angel on the top of my tree ♪

♪ Sing it to the spirit above ♪

♪ Sing your heart out with all of your love ♪

♪ Santa's coming for us ♪

♪ Santa's coming for us ♪

♪ Santa's coming for us ♪

♪ Santa's coming for us ♪

♪ Santa's coming for us ♪

♪ Santa's coming for us ♪

♪ Oh, Santa's coming for us ♪

♪ Send your letters off to Santa, baby ♪

♪ Tell him all your secret wishes too ♪

♪ Send your letters off to Santa, baby ♪

♪ Hoping all your wildest dreams come true ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Santa's coming to town ♪

♪ Oh, da da da, oh, da da da ♪

♪ Oh, da da da, oh, da da da ♪

♪ Oh, da da da, oh, da da da ♪

♪ Santa's coming to town ♪

♪ Sing it to the deer in the sky ♪

♪ Sing it as they jingle, jingle, jingle tonight ♪

♪ Sing it to the moon, set it free ♪

♪ You're the angel on the top of my tree ♪

♪ Sing it to the spirit above ♪

♪ Sing your heart out with all of your love ♪

♪ Santa's coming for us ♪

♪ Santa's coming for us ♪

♪ Santa's coming for us ♪

♪ Santa's coming for us ♪

♪ Santa's coming for us ♪

♪ Santa's coming for us ♪

♪ Oh, Santa's coming for us ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Santa's coming to town ♪

♪ Oh, da da da, oh, da da da ♪

♪ Oh, da da da, oh, da da da ♪

♪ Oh, da da da, oh, da da da ♪

♪ Santa's coming to town ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Santa's coming to town ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
nights /naɪts/ A1	noun - the period from sunset to sunrise
chocolate /ˈtʃɒk.əl.ət/ A1	noun - a food made from roasted cacao beans
air /eər/ A1	noun - the invisible gaseous substance surrounding the earth
Christmas /ˈkrɪs.məs/ A1	noun - the annual Christian festival celebrating Christ's birth
cheer /tʃɪər/ B1	noun - happiness; gaiety verb - to shout for joy or in praise or encouragement
tree /triː/ A1	noun - a woody perennial plant, typically having a single stem or trunk
lovely /ˈlʌv.li/ A2	adjective - exquisitely beautiful
joy /dʒɔɪ/ B1	noun - a feeling of great pleasure and happiness
Santa /ˈsæn.tə/ A1	noun - Santa Claus
town /taʊn/ A1	noun - an urban area that has a name, defined boundaries, and local government
deer /dɪər/ A2	noun - a hoofed grazing or browsing animal, with branched bony antlers that are shed annually
sky /skaɪ/ A1	noun - the region of the atmosphere and outer space seen from the earth
jingle /ˈdʒɪŋ.ɡəl/ B2	verb - to make or cause to make a light ringing sound. noun - a light ringing sound.
moon /muːn/ A1	noun - the natural satellite of the earth, visible at night
angel /ˈeɪn.dʒəl/ B1	noun - a spiritual being believed to act as an attendant, agent, or messenger of God
top /tɒp/ A1	noun - the highest part or surface of something
spirit /ˈspɪr.ɪt/ B2	noun - the nonphysical part of a person, the soul
heart /hɑːt/ A1	noun - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection verb - to feel deep affection for
letters /ˈlet.ər/ A1	noun - a written, typed, or printed communication sent in an envelope by post
secret /ˈsiː.krət/ B1	adjective - not known or seen or not meant to be known or seen by others noun - something that is kept or meant to be kept concealed
wishes /ˈwɪʃɪz/ A2	noun - a feeling of wanting something to happen
dreams /driːmz/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep
true /truː/ A1	adjective - in accordance with fact or reality
wildest /ˈwaɪl.dəst/ B2	adjective - uncontrolled, violent, or extreme.

Key Grammar Structures

• Nights are getting shorter now hot chocolate

  ➔ Present Continuous for changing situations.

  ➔ The use of "are getting" indicates that the nights are gradually becoming shorter. This describes a change over time.

• Christmas cheer does too

  ➔ Auxiliary verb "does" for emphasis/agreement.

  ➔ The word "does" is used here for emphasis, highlighting that Christmas cheer also fills the air, similar to hot chocolate.

• Sing it as they jingle, jingle, jingle tonight

  ➔ Conjunction "as" indicating simultaneous action.

  ➔ The word "as" connects singing with the sound of jingling, implying they happen at the same time.

• You're the angel on the top of my tree

  ➔ Use of "you're" (you are) as a second person pronoun.

  ➔ "You're" is a contraction of "you are", used to directly address someone.

• Send your letters off to Santa, baby

  ➔ Imperative mood for giving commands/instructions.

  ➔ The sentence starts with "Send", which is the base form of the verb and indicates a command or instruction.

• Hoping all your wildest dreams come true

  ➔ Participle clause indicating reason or result.

  ➔ "Hoping" introduces a clause which expresses the reason or result of sending letters to Santa.