The King Of Christmas - Ray Stevens

Well, it was 10 o’clock on Christmas Eve

I was wipein' eggnog on my sleeve

Tryin' hard to fight those Christmas blues

I went to bed, turned out the light

I woke up sometime around midnight

Thought I heard somebody singin' Blue Suede Shoes

Well, I got up and scratched my head

I know that voice, but who I said

Opened the window and looked outside

I saw nine raindeer parked out back

Hitched up to a long pink cadillac

They looked like they’d just finished one heck of a ride

Well, my hair stood up on the back of my neck

I went downstairs for one quick check

I just had to find out for myself

Well, he was big that much was true

But he looked like someone else I knew

Not like that white bearded, rosie cheeked old man

Oh, he's the King, The King of Christmas

(He's the king, the King of Christmas)

Alive and well and ridin' in his sleigh

And I just can’t help believin'

Well those tabloids ain’t decivin'

Cuz the King of Christmas

Passed me on his way!

Now beneath his cap of jet black hair

And sideburns hangin' down to there

He wore a silver belt around his waist

Then with a swivel of his hip

He started to curl his upper lip

With a look that said Merry Christmas on his face

Then with a karate kick he whirled around

I saw him write something down

He took the note and he stuffed it in my sock

Then he put a record under the tree

Just before he turned to leave

He hummed a bit of Jailhouse Rock

Then he pulled up his collar and flipped back his hair

And disappeared into thin air

I saw the sequins glitter upon his coat

That 45 that he’d laid down was

Santa Claus Is Back In Town

And I played it while I read the words he wrote

I’ll outlive rock and roll and postage stamps that say I’m dead

And at the bottom he signed his famous name

Well, some say the King was put to rest

But me and Santa, we know best

And I bet somewhere there’s elves that’ll say the same

Oh he’s the King, the King of Christmas

(He's the king, the King of Christmas)

Alive and well and ridin' in his sleigh

And as I heard that sleigh rev and fly

Through the night there came a cry

Sant Claus has left the building!