The only track on LC!’s Christmas EP that isn’t an original, this song is a cover of the song of the same name originally performed by Mud.
[Verse 1: Gareth]
Try to imagine a house that's not a home
Try to imagine a Christmas all alone
That's where I'll be, since you left me
My tears could melt the snow
What can I do without you?
I got no place, no place to go
[Chorus: Gareth]
It'll be lonely this Christmas
Without you to hold
It'll be lonely this Christmas
Lonely and cold
It'll be cold, so cold
Without you to hold
This Christmas
[Verse 2: Gareth]
Each time I remember the day you went away
And how I would listen to the things you had to say
I just break down as I look around
And the only things I see
Are loneliness and emptiness
And an unlit Christmas tree
[Chorus: Gareth]
It'll be lonely this Christmas
Without you to hold
It'll be lonely this Christmas
Lonely and cold
It'll be cold, so cold
Without you to hold
This Christmas
[Spoken Bridge: Gareth]
Do you remember last year
When you and I were together?
We never thought there'd be an end
And I remember looking at you then
And I remember thinking that Christmas must've been made for us
'Cause, darlin', this is the time of year that you really
You really need love
When it means so very, very much
[Chorus: Gareth, Los Campesinos!]
It'll be lonely this Christmas
(So, it'll be lonely this Christmas without you to hold)
Without you to hold
It'll be lonely this Christmas
(It'll be so very lonely, lonely and cold)
Lonely and cold
It'll be lonely this Christmas
Without you to hold
It'll be lonely this Christmas
Lonely and cold
It'll be cold, so cold
Without you to hold
This Christmas
It'll be lonely this Christmas
Without you to hold
It'll be lonely this Christmas
Lonely and cold
It'll be cold, so cold
Without you to hold
This Christmas
[Spoken Outro: Gareth]
Merry Christmas, darlin'
Wherever you are
Lonely This Christmas was written by Mike Chapman & Nicky Chinn.
Lonely This Christmas was produced by Tom Bromley.
Los Campesinos! released Lonely This Christmas on Mon Dec 08 2014.