It's Just Not Christmas Song Lyrics and Chords by Ronnie Milsap
It's Just Not Christmas
(If I Can't Spend It With You)
Recorded by Ronnie Milsap
Written by Bill Swindell, Tina Swindell,
Debi Smith and Anathalee G. Sandlin
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I won't be
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trying out for
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mistletoe
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moonlight
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walk in the
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snow
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I can't get
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into a
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holiday
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mood
Cause it's just not
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Christmas
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I can't
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spend it with
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you
Who
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cares who's
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right or wrong
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Well I'd take a
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plane if I could
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come back
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home
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I've got
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nobody to
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give
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presents
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to
Cause it's just not
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Christmas
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I can't
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spend it with
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you
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I wanna lose these
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blues
And put the joy back
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into the
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season
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Why don't we start the
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new year right
With that
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old loving
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feeling
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We could be
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putting up the
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tree and lights
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Or loving each
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other by the
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fire
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side
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I wanna
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celebrate but
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it
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takes
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two
Cause it's just not
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Christmas
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I can't
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spend it with
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you
Repeat #3,1
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No it's just not
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Christmas
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I can't
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spend it with
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you
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Nooo it's just not
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Christmas
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I can't
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spend it with
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you
FAQ
Who sang the the song It's Just Not Christmas?
- The song It's Just Not Christmas was sang by Ronnie Milsap.
Who is Ronnie Milsap?
- Ronnie Lee Milsap (born January 16, 1943) is an American country music singer and pianist. He was one of country music's most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s. He became one of the most successful and versatile country "crossover" singers of his time, appealing to both country and pop music markets with hit songs that incorporated pop, R&B, and rock and roll elements. His biggest crossover hits include "It Was Almost Like a Song", "Smoky Mountain Rain", "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me", "I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World", "Any Day Now", and "Stranger in My House". He is credited with six Grammy Awards and 35 number-one country hits, third to George Strait and Conway Twitty. He was selected for induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2014.
