Gets rough up in the mountains hard to just make do
Since Granny Brown lost Mister Brown in May
It’s been a long cold winter now and she ain’t half-way through
And she ain’t seen a soul in seven days

Let’s not forget our neighbor when we’re sitting by the tree
Not everyone’s as lucky as the likes of you and me
While we have all the cheer with all of those that we hold dear
It’s gonna be a lonesome Christmas for someone else this year

He thought that he’d be back at home in just a month or two
But that’s before there was a change of plan
He called his folks to say: Hey I’ll sure be missing you
I’ll celebrate this year with Uncle Sam

Let’s not forget our neighbor when we’re sitting by the tree
Not everyone’s as lucky as the likes of you and me
While we have all the cheer with all of those that we hold dear
It’s gonna be a lonesome Christmas for someone else this year

The man down on the corner, he ain’t got nowhere to go
He’s hearing all those voices in his head
His family lost track of him about a year ago
A cardboard box will be his lonely bed

Let’s reach out to our neighbor and do the best we can
It don’t take too much effort to lend a helping hand
While we have all the cheer with all of those that we hold dear
It’s gonna be a lonesome Christmas for someone else this year
It’s gonna be a lonesome Christmas for someone else this year