"Ghosts Of Christmas Past" lyrics

Bartender pour me one more
And then I'll kindly head on toward the door
There's a house of people wait'n
I've been misbehaving
Another Christmas Eve I've spent alone

I grab my keys and head outside
Even though Lord knows I shouldn't drive
But the corner came up fast on me
I grabbed the wheel the tires screeched
Straight into the church's manger scene

And I'd never seen that scene from quite that point of view
For the first time in ten years I began to pray to you

All I want this year's a new begin'n
All I need is a change that's sure to last
So what I'm ask'n for is your forgiveness
Save me from my ghosts of Christmas past

Hope no one else would come around
As I pick the wooden pieces off the ground
Mixture of relief and fear finally I was seeing clear
Saw the awful mess I'd made again
Hear a voice come from behind
Through tears and snow I meet the pastor's eyes
He said "Son I don't know what's going on
Where you've been or what's gone wrong
But that baby he came for times like these"

And I'd never seen that scene from quite that point of view
For the first time in ten years I began to pray to you

All I want this year's a new begin'n
All I need is a change that's sure to last
So what I'm ask'n for is your forgiveness
Save me from my ghosts of Christmas past

All my wrongs they still ain't right
Something in me has changed tonight
As I walked home I planned these words to say
"Oh Honey, you know I'm not a pray'n man
But tonight I'm holding out my hand
Oh Darlin', will you start with me again
Can we start again"

All I want this year's a new begin'n
All I need is a change that's sure to last
So what I'm ask'n for is your forgiveness
Save me from my ghosts of Christmas past