So what am I to do?
I toss and turn, but I lie awake
The distant dark has taken on an orange glow

There was a movie I saw
Set in a time quite a while ago
Back when my mom and my dad were still a boy and girl

The year is ’99, a Christmas eve
Something could change this city that we love
into a whole new place, at least that’s how
the story goes

So what am I to do?
There are more nights where I lie awake
Teddy dear, I feel like I could talk to you

The city’s filled with light
and cheery steps echo through the lane
It’s getting closer, what we’ve all been waiting for
Oh here, it comes,

The year is ’99, a Christmas eve
Something has changed the one that I adore
into somebody else, another kind

The year is ’99, a Christmas eve
Something could change this city that we love
into a whole new place, at least that’s how
the story goes

The year is ’99, a Christmas eve
Something has changed the one that I adore
into somebody else, another kind
Oh tell me why

I’ll come for you just ‘fore the mor-
ning light has reached your door