Lyrics to
Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town

Released by The Carpenters in 1978
From the Album: Christmas Portrait |

This version of Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town was released by The Carpenters in 1978.

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You better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout
I’m telling you why
Santa Claus is comin’ to town

He’s making a list
And checking it twice
Gonna find out
Who’s naughty and nice
Santa Claus is comin’ to town

He sees you when you’re sleepin’
He knows when you’re awake
He knows if you’ve been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake

You better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout
I’m telling you why
Santa Claus is comin’ to town


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About Lyrics and Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town by The Carpenters

The lyrics for Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town are defined as the words making up the song released by The Carpenters in 1978. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town 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 Carpenters 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 Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town by The Carpenters 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 Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town" means the words set to the music of Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Carpenters. 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 Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town and the lyrics to Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Carpenters who came here looking just for the lyrics to Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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