Neon was calling
With its old neon light
From the light that she had wished upon
Somehow different, I think
That outside in the snow
By an old neon star
It's easier to believe
That someone was lost
Standing outside our door
You need only just ask
Just the wind and the snow
Bartender turned and said, "Not that I care
The child said, "I've noticed
Then the bartender came out, from behind the bar
And here was the danger
That some neighbourhood kid
And we saw in his hand, that the cash was all gone
Waltzing dreams through the air
The dreams that have been
The music was low
By a broken pay phone
That even with strangers
Christmas thing last
On that night of all nights
When the snow it was falling
By helpin' a neighbour
Through the window and ice
So they couldn't see
And neon was calling
And the snow it was falling
But how would you know this?"
On that night, Christmas Eve
Never went home?
Was a girl, the child said
In case you should wonder
And we watched from the bar as they started to speak
If you want to arrange it
Why we on our own
That no one in the bar
Then he followed the child to the girl across the street
Then the bartender gazed
For the rest of the night
Put the girl in the cab and the cab drove away
So he walked back inside
And the night Christmas Eve
Had seen there before
And a child came inside
Wandered in on some bums
Where standing alone
From the places that gather
To that corner streetlight
And the cynics will say
This world you can change it
Neon was calling
In case you should care
No one paid for a drink
It beckons to strangers
But they weren't there
And he asked did we know
Inside of this night
If one could be home, they'd be already there"
Then he called for a cab then he said, "J.F.K."
Then he looked for the child
If we could somehow make this
Could no longer get home
Through the smoke and the haze
And the snow it was falling
And in all of his life, was never that far
And he did something else that he thought no one saw
In the safety of night
In the world where they hid
And they always come in
Then the door opened wide
To know who needs help
But the child wasn't there
When he took all the cash from the register drawer
Even a stranger
