Best Christmas Songs -What Do The Lonely Do At Christmas
It’s Day 3 of my 25 Days of Christmas song list so that means it must be “What Do The Lonely Do At Christmas” by The Emotions. This gem is surely one of the best Christmas songs out there.
What Do The Lonely Do at Christmas – The Emotions
The Emotions is a girl group from Chicago made up of the Hutchinson sisters Wanda, Sheila, and Jeanette Hutchinson. Their first hit was “Best Of My Love,” which was released in 1977 and spent several weeks on top of the charts. They followed it up with a collaboration with Earth, Wind and Fire with the disco hit “Boogie Wonderland.”
Then pretty much nothing after that.
“What Do The Lonely Do At Christmas” was written by Carl Hampton and Homer Banks and released in 1973. Patti LaBelle did a cover of it in 2007 but I don’t think it’s nearly as good as the original.
This is yet another smooth soulful song and it’s spinning on my list this Christmas.
Lyrics
‘Tis the season to be jolly
But how can I be when I have nobody
The yuletide carol doesn’t make it better
Knowing that we won’t be together
A silent night
I know it’s gonna be
Joy to the world
But it’s gonna be sad for me
What do the lonely do
At Christmas
Oh, oh, what do the lonely do
At Christmas time
The children can play with their new toys
While their little hearts burst open with joy
And lovers can kiss beneath the mistletoes
The choirs can sing those glorious songs of old
But what is left
Oh, for me to do
Now that it’s Christmas
And I don’t have you
What do the lonely do
At Christmas
Oh, oh, what do the lonely do
At Christmas time
Oh, oh, what do the lonely do
At Christmas
What do the lonely do
At Christmas
Oh, what do they do, what do they do
At Christmas
Ooh, what do they do, what do they do
At Christmas
Oh, oh, what do the lonely do
At Christmas
What do the lonely do
At Christmas
Oh, ho, what do they do, what do they do
At Christmas
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25 Days of Christmas
Day 1 – Merry Christmas Baby by Ike and Tina Turner
Day 2 – Ain’t No Chimneys in the Projects by Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
Day 3 – What Do The Lonely Do At Christmas by The Emotions
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