[Verse]

Who's that chu

bby old hippy 

stuck in your 

chimney
              
Sliding down i

              
n your firepla

              
ce, and now yo

              
u see him knee

 
-high

He's dropping 

out of the sky

, dropping in 

just to lay it

 on you on a
              
Christmas morn

   
in'

[Verse]

Got a pipe in 

one hand and a

 peace sign in

 the other
              
Got a sack on 

              
his back full 

              
of toys, love 

            
and brotherhoo


d

A Volkswagen b

us pulled by e

ight tiny rein

deer, a twinkl

e in his eye
              
and granola in

         
 his grin

[Chorus]
        
Peace.........

    
....Nick

[Verse]

To the childre

n of the world

 he says Love 

is the answer
              
To the grown-u

              
ps, says are y

              
ou gonna give 

              
peace a chance

       
 or what?

In a trance on

 a transcontin

ental transcen

dental trip, c

an you dig wha

t
              
a long strange

             
 trip it's bee


n?

[Chorus]

        
Peace.........

    
....Nick is fl

yin'

[Bridge]

Now he shoutin

g, "On Janis! 

On Jimi! On Je

rryyyeah!"
              
And he shakes 

              
when he laughs

              
 like a bowl f

              
ull of Cherry 

 
Garcia
            
Singing, "Ahhh

             
hhhhhhhh...vay

  
 Maria"

[Chorus]

Some would tel

l him his mess

age is silly a

nd saccharine
              
Some would cal

              
l him a walkin

              
g North Pole a

        
nachronism

And yeah, he's

 far out, but 

he's never far

 out of style 

- he'll turn
              
you on, but he

              
'll never turn

       
 you in

[Chorus]

        
Peace.........

    
....Nick is fl

yin'

[Outro]
       
Merry Christma

s to all, and 

to all peace t

onight


And I heard his exclaim as he rode...
            
Outta sight!

Outta sight!

Outta sight ..

.