One Time a Year

It's Christmas and beautiful outside
By the fire, we're holding each other tight
And we forget the people who live in the night

Downtown in the street so cold lives a man in a box they told
There is no fire and no one to hold
In a box, they told, and no one to hold

This Christmas we must realize
That it is frightening to be cold as ice
They don't know why, they just pay the price

They're called a refuge
And it's sad that no one will see
It's not for joy to live on the streets

One time a year, one time a year, forget your tears, forget your tears
Hunger and blood, it seems so far away from here
One time a year, one time a year, just look around, just look around
In your home town, and you will feel that they are real

It's Christmas and beautiful outside
White snow makes the world so bright
And candles are lighting romantic the night

A box, a blanket, and a hand that holds
A bottle of wine so cold
It's Christmas for the man they told

One time a year, one time a year, forget your tears, forget your tears
Hunger and blood, they are so far away from here
One time a year, one time a year, just look around, just look around
In your own town, and you will feel that they are real

We know this world is full of sorrow and war
But we don't realize, they are living next door
There is no Christmas there is no Happy New Year
The nearest future filled their minds with fear
With fear
With fear
With fear