| The greatest Christmas present
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| Is something you can’t buy
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| When World War 2 was over
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| We trimmed the tree alone
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| But we saved the star for Daddy
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| Cause Daddy was coming home
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| We bought Momma a new dress
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| We bought Daddy a tie
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| But he brought us each something
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| That money couldn’t buy
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| The greatest christmas present
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| Is something you can’t buy
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| I’ve talked to Pa this evening
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| For an hour on the phone
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| He said don’t spend a lot on presents (now son don’t you spend a lot on
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| presents)
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| We just want you to come on home (you know all me and Momma want is you all to
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| come on home)
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| But we’ll buy Momma a new dress
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| And Daddy another tie
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| And we’ll spend lots of time together
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| And that’s something you can’t buy
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| The greatest Christmas present
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| Is something you can’t buy
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| Some day I know it’s coming
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| When all of us won’t be
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| Together there for Christmas (I hate to face it but we won’t always be together
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| for christmas)
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| You know Daddy’s seventy-three (it seems hard to believe but your daddy will
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| turn seventy-three)
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| And to pay back all he gave me
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| I can’t but I will try
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| I’ll pass along to my kids
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| Something they can’t buy
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| The greatest Christmas present
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| Is something you can’t buy |