[Chorus:]
    Last Christmas
    I gave you my heart
    But the very next day, you gave it away
    This year
    To save me from tears
    I'll give it to someone special
    
    Once bitten and twice shy
    I keep my distance
    But you still catch my eye
    Tell me baby
    Do you recognize me?
    Well
    It's been a year
    It doesn't surprise me
    (whispered) Merry Christmas,
    I wrapped it up and sent it
    With a note saying "I love you"
    and meant it
    Now I know what a fool I've been
    But if you kissed me now
    I know you'd fool me again
    
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    A crowded room
    Friends with tired eyes
    I'm hiding from you
    And your soul of ice
    Oh my I thought you were
    Someone to rely on
    Me?
    I guess I was a shoulder to cry on
    A friend to discover with a fire in her heart
    A girl under cover but you tore me apart
    You tore me apart, ooo-ooo
    Now I've found a real love you'll never fool me again
    
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    A friend to discover with a fire in her heart
    A girl under cover but you tore me apart
    [Spoken] Maybe next year,
    I'll give it to someone
    I'll give it to someone special.