Every Year, Every Christmas - Patti LaBelle

I don’t know how love could do this to me

I’ve waited and waited for someone I’ll never see

But I’m so sentimental and I’m so hopeful you’ll be there

Here I am every year, every Christmas

I’ve wished for you in my heart and in my head

I got my answer that first moment we met

Oh yes, I believed you as you told me, as you said

You’d be here every year, every Christmas

There must be a lesson for me to learn

If you don’t trust in love, you’ll get nothing in return

Why should I be lonely?

Don’t tell me it’s right

Oh, I have my pride but I’d rather be with you tonight

So much emotion, ooh, it’s driving me mad

But I’ll take my chances with these feelings that I have

And I’ll come back to this same corner, to this corner where we met

I’ll be here every year, every Christmas

Mere words can’t explain the pain and the fear

'Cause oh, I wonder, yes, yes, I wonder

Are you gonna leave me standing here?

Today’s almost over but I don’t want to leave

Has my heart, tell me, has my heart made a fool out of me?

My friends gather 'round me with holiday cheer

They say, to forget you, to let you go 'cause you’re not here

Well, I can’t keep explaining

What they’ll never, oh, they’ll never understand

'Cause I’m gonna be here

They don’t know why I’m here every year

Oh, they don’t understand why I’m here

Oh, I’m waiting, oh yes, I waited

Oh, every year

Oh, let me make it clear

I’ll be here every year, every Christmas

Yes, I will, yes, I will, oh, I will

Every Christmas, Christmas, Christmas

Oh, I’ll be waiting for you

Merry Christmas everyone

Mr. Luther Vandross, we love you