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VERSE 1:
Another Christmas is coming up quick,
And though my heart should be light, I feel sick,
But it’s the kind of illness that I get when
I can’t be home there with you.
The year is gone, and it all feels like a dream,
A year of blessings and challenges it seems,
And now it’s ending, and it shattered all my dreams
Of being with you.

CHORUS:
I been home for every Christmas Day so far,
But this year we must be apart,
It’s gonna break my heart,
Dontcha know that
All I want to be is home.
Dontcha talk about Zoom, dontcha tell me ‘bout Skype,
Unless you’re in the room, then it’s all just hype,
Though I cannot go,
Dontcha know that
All I want to be is home.

VERSE 2:
In my mind, I can see it perfectly,
The decorations, all the presents, and the tree,
And there you are in the centre of the scene,
Your arms reach out to me.
You take me into your loving embrace,
I put my hands around your beautiful face,
And we revel in the joy of this place,
Where we’re together.
But instead of what normally would’ve been,
We can only see each other through a screen,
And as great as the technology would seem,
It can’t replace your being.

CHORUS
I been home for every Christmas Day so far,
But this year we must be apart,
It’s gonna break my heart,
Dontcha know that
All I want to be is home.
Dontcha talk about Zoom, dontcha tell me ‘bout Skype,
Unless you’re in the room, then it’s all just hype,
Though I cannot go,
Dontcha know that
All I want to be is home.

BRIDGE: And so I try to make the best of it all,
Oh - I’m countin’ down the minutes until our call,
Oh - I know it won’t be like this for the long haul,
And so I won’t, I won’t let my spirit fall, no no.

CHORUS
I been home for every Christmas Day so far,
But this year we must be apart,
It’s gonna break my heart,
Dontcha know that
All I want to be is home.
Dontcha talk about Zoom, dontcha tell me ‘bout Skype,
Unless you’re in the room, then it’s all just hype,
Though I cannot go,
Dontcha know that
All I want to be is home.
I been home for every Christmas Day so far,
But this year we must be apart,
It’s gonna break my heart,
Dontcha know that
All I want to be is home.
Dontcha talk about Zoom, dontcha tell me ‘bout Skype,
Unless you’re in the room, then it’s all just hype,
Though I cannot go,
Dontcha know that
All I want to be is home.