Lyrics

Happy Christmas (Ode to Charlie Brown)


Charlie said to Linus
I think there’s something wrong with me
Christmas is just around the corner
But I’m not happy
I’m not happy

I try to get out of this funk
Every chance I get
Lucy says she’ll hold that ball, but she hasn’t done it yet
I’m such a fool
Why do I play the fool

But I bid you a
Happy Christmas
From the island of the lonely boy
He’s just looking for some place where he fits in
Not another toy
No no

Charlie’s like my brother
There are many like him I’ve heard
My mother’d ask him what he wanted
He’d think about what she could afford
But he really did like that slinky
And that pocket full of pens
All the while just hoping that maybe some day
All this sadness would end


There are islands full of sad boys
Who love that broken tree
Everybody likes the pretty ones
But this one’s just like me
A little love, a little tinsel, some pretty lights and string
Put him out in the front yard
With everybody holding hands around him
Ohh just to sing


Merry Christmas
From the island of the lonely boys
We're just looking for some place where we fit in
Not another toy
Not some silly toy
Well I'm not the best at anything
But if you take the time to look
I hope you’ll see
Just a little piece of him
In me

So Merry Christmas
Charlie Brown
Merry Christmas
Charlie Brown
Good ole Charlie Brown

Jim L’Esperance