The winter's flaking snow is brushing through the pine wood trees

I stuff my hands deep down inside my coat

I think of years ago and half remembered Christmas trees

And faces that still warm me with their glow

The cold and empty evening hangs around me like a ghost

I listen to my footsteps in the snow

The sound of one man walking through

The snow can break your heart

And stopping doesn't help so I'll go on

And Christmas Eve can kill you

When you're trying to hitch a ride to anywhere

The icy air I'm breathing's all that keeps me on my feet

I feel like I've been walking all my life

A car goes running by the man don't even turn his head

Guess he's busy being Santa Claus tonight

The saddest part of all is knowing if I switched with him

I'd leave him stumbling ragged by the road

I'd ride that highway to the arms my sweet family

And forget about the stranger in the cold

And Christmas Eve can kill you

When you're trying to hitch a ride to anywhere

As I walk I'm singing to myself oh silent night

Hoping I can save those other souls

Oh God forgive the man that drives right by the other man

Take pity on the stranger in the cold

'Cause Christmas Eve can kill you

When you're trying to hitch a ride to anywhere