VERSE Baltimore's quiet and cold, there's no ship in the bay To take me back home in time for the holiday Oh December never ends If you'd come here instead, I've got gifts and food and friends Plenty of room in my bed Only you can help me mend REFRAIN So here's to being alone, to anyone on that road, if anyone's listening Will think of me when I'm gone, it's not gonna hurt for long So you can just forget And I can't live without regret BRIDGE When I return to you at last Surprise me in red and black Oh no you never ever give in, never give in In your smile, there's a certain lack A muscle strain from front to back So I'll do anything to get me right back home