Lyrics to
My Christmas Tree

This version of My Christmas Tree was released by The Temptations in 1970.

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There’s a Christmas tree
In a window frame
Just inside my door
But my Christmas tree
Doesn’t look the same
As it always has before
There’s just one lonely present
Beneath my Christmas tree
‘Cause the best little present
A girl ever had
Has gone away from me
Oh, my Christmas tree is not very big
In fact it’s kind of small
Honey went, he picked ’em out
They always seem so tall
The lights don’t seem so bright this year
It’s hard for me to see
The smile that made my Christmas bright
Is gone away from me
I have been so lonely
Since you left me all alone
All I want for Christmas is
My baby back at home
oh, my Christmas tree’s so sad and bare
My room’s so big and cold
They wish me happy new year
But the new year is already on
There’s no little angel
On top where it used to be
‘Cause the angel
That made my Christmas right
Has gone away from me…
‘Cause the angel
That made my Christmas right
Has gone away from me…
‘Cause the angel
That made my Christmas right
Has gone away from me…

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The lyrics for My Christmas Tree are defined as the words making up the song released by The Temptations in 1970. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to My Christmas Tree have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only The Temptations and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to My Christmas Tree by The Temptations if you think through it. 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 My Christmas Tree" means the words set to the music of My Christmas Tree, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Temptations. 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 My Christmas Tree and the lyrics to My Christmas Tree are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Temptations who came here looking just for the lyrics to My Christmas Tree, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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