Christmas Eve Can Kill You

C F G C F C G F G C F C F G C F G C The winter's flaking snow is brushing through the pine wood trees F C G I stuck my hands down deep inside my coat F G C F I think of years ago and half remembered Christmas trees C F G And faces that still warm me with their glow C F G C The cold and empty evening hangs around me like a ghost F C G I listen to my footsteps in the snow F G C F The sound of one man walking through the snow can break your heart C F G But stopping doesn't help, so on I'll go F C And Christmas Eve can k**l you Dm G C When you're trying to hitch a ride to anywhere C F G C The icy air I'm breathing is all that keeps me on my feet F C G I feel like I've been walking all my life F G C F A car goes running by, the man don't even turn his head C F G Guess he's busy being Santa Claus tonight C F G C The saddest part of all is knowing if I switched with him F C G I'd leave him stumbling ragged by the road F G C F I'd ride that highway to arms of my sweet family C F G And forget about the stranger in the cold F C And Christmas Eve can k**l you Dm G C When you're trying to hitch a ride to anywhere C F G C And as I walk I'm singing to myself "O Silent Night" F C G Hoping I can save those other souls F G C F Oh, God, forgive the man that drives right by the other man C F G Have pity on the stranger in the cold F C 'Cause Christmas Eve can k**l you Dm G C When you're trying to hitch a ride to anywhere