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Hasn't every little Christmas wish been sent?
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Have sugar plums been dancing in your head?
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I hope the holiday will find you well
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Oh, Noel, oh, Noel

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I met you in December '93
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Noel, been staying up the block with her mother's family
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For two straight weeks, we ran through snow and kissed beneath the mistletoe
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And swore love in secret company

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Hasn't every little Christmas card been sent?
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Has every child been talked into their bed?
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I'm hoping that this song will find you well
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Oh, Noel, oh, Noel

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A decade passed and letters all but died
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10 years that saw the folks divorced and best friend's suicide
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I see her on occasion looking pale and petrified
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I'd wave but she would only turn and cry

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The embers in the fireplace are dead
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The late-night news reports are being read
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They found you in some dirty cheap motel
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But oh well, oh well

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Noel, Noel, No   el