[Why don't you open me up]
candy cane girl
don't you know your name girl

[yeah]
twelve people gonna ask you just the same girl
what a world

christmas once a year girl
that's three hundred and sixty four tears girl
so when christmas finally comes

and nobody's got a gun
and you think it might be fun girl
to hang around

think again girl
[why don't you open me up
huh]

candy cane boy
don't you know your name boy
nine people gonna tell you just the same boy

you're [alone son / a lone sun?]
in the middle of a million
and nobody knows how to talk to children

oh, when christmas finally comes
and nobody's got a gun
and you think it might be fun

to get a new toy
think again boy
[oh]

oh when christmas finally comes
and noone's got a gun
and you think it might be fun

to make a stand
think again man