In an Old City Bar
That's never too far
From the places that gather
The dreams that have been
In the safety of night
With it's old neon light
It beckons to strangers
And they always come in
And the snow it was falling
The neon was calling
The music was low
And the night Christmas Eve
But here was the danger
That even with strangers
Inside of this night
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Then the door opened wide
if one could be home,
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And the bar tender came out
from behind the bar.
And in all of his life
he was never that far.
And he did something else
that he thought no one saw.
When he took all the cash
from the register drawer
Then he followed the child to the girl 'cross the street
And we watched from the bar as they started to speak
Then he called for a cab and he said "JFK"
Put the girl in the cab and the cab drove away
And I could see in his hand that the cash was all gone
From the light that she had wished upon
If you want to arrange it This world you can change it
If we could, somehow, make this Christmas thing last
By helping a neighbor or even a stranger
To know who needs help
You need only just ask
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On that night of all nights
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