It Doesn't Have To Be That Way

Snowy nights and Christmas lights Icy windowpanes Make me wish that we could be Together again And the windy winter avenues Just don't seem the same And the Christmas carols sound like blues But the choir is not to blame But it doesn't have to be that way What we had should never have ended And I'll be dropping by today 'Cause we could easily get it together tonight It's only right Crowded stores, the corner Santa Claus Tinseled afternoons And the sidewalk bands play their songs Slightly out of tune Down the windy winter avenues There walks a lonely man And if I told you who he is Well, I think you'd understand But it doesn't have to be that way What we had should never have ended And I'll be dropping by today 'Cause we could easily get it together tonight It's only right No, it doesn't have to be that way What we had should never have ended And I'll be dropping by today 'Cause we could easily get it together tonight It's only right