Lyrics to
I’ll Be Home On Christmas Day

This version of I’Ll Be Home On Christmas Day was released by Elvis Presley in 1971.

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On the hills of Georgia
Across the plains of Tennessee
I’ve seen and I’ve done most everything
That a man can do or see
But if I could only borrow one dream from yesterday
I’d be on that train tomorrow
I’ll be home on Christmas day

And so many times before
She left that candle burning
Oh, too many tears fell
My soul fills with yearning
If I had sense at all
I’d just be on my way
Be on that train tomorrow
Be home on Christmas day

Everytime I think about her
All the love I left behind
Memories still linger in my troubled mind
I could set aside my pride
And I’d be on my way
I’d catch that train tomorrow
And be home on Christmas day

If I had any sense at all
I’d just be on my way
I’d catch that train tomorrow
I’d be home on Christmas day
I said I’d catch that train tomorrow
I’d be home on Christmas day

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About Lyrics and I’Ll Be Home On Christmas Day by Elvis Presley

The lyrics to I’Ll Be Home On Christmas Day are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Elvis Presley used when the song was created in 1971. The lyrics to I’Ll Be Home On Christmas Day have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Elvis Presley and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to I’Ll Be Home On Christmas Day by Elvis Presley. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to I’Ll Be Home On Christmas Day" means the words set to the music of I’Ll Be Home On Christmas Day, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Elvis Presley. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to I’Ll Be Home On Christmas Day and the lyrics to I’Ll Be Home On Christmas Day are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Elvis Presley who came here looking just for the lyrics to I’Ll Be Home On Christmas Day, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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