WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES

Music & Lyrics by Mariah Carey and James Poyser
Released November 2, 2010; song from the Merry Christmas II You album


The whole world
Feels a little bit more love
When Christmas comes
When Christmas comes

And everywhere that you go
People singing "Let It Snow"
And hanging up
That mistletoe

And me and you gonna have ourselves
A holiday
And we don't need nobody else
To celebrate
And we're gon' kiss our worries
And our cares away
I can't wait

Because this Christmas time
Get together
It's gonna be so nice
Better than ever
And baby you're the one
Special treasure
I can't wait to unwrap your love
Until Christmas comes

Oh baby

So many souls hurt
So many don't have enough
When Christmas comes
When Christmas comes
But baby if you spread love (spread love)
Someday it might be enough
To heal each other
One by one

And we gon' get together
And rejoice (rejoice) and pray
And we (and we) gon' help the world
Become a better place
(help the world become a better place)
And we gon' sing and shout
Because the savior reigns
(sing and shout the savior reigns)
So don't dismay

Because this Christmas time
Get together
It's gonna be so nice
Better than ever
Because this gift of love
Lasts forever
The Lord makes our hearts open up
Soon as Christmas comes

It's gon' be alright
When Christmas comes

Oh jingle all the way
Oh what fun, uhmm

And we gon' reminisce about
The good old days
(everybody's talking 'bout good old days)
And we gon' laugh together as
The children play (we all laugh ladadadada)
And through the years is always
Gonna be this way (always gonna be this way)
Come what may

Because this Christmas time
Get together
It's gonna be so nice
Better than ever
And baby you're the one
That I treasure
I can't wait to unwrap your love
When Christmas comes

Lalala dada dada dada dadada dada
(Ooh)
Lalala dada dada dada dadada dada
(When Christmas comes)
Lalala dada dada dada dadada dada
Lalala dada dada dada dadada dada
Lalala dada dada dada dadada dada

Rye Songs administered by songs of Universal (BMI)/Jajapo Music Inc. (ASCAP)/

Produced by Mariah Carey and James Poyser

Recorded by Brian Garten and Kevin Guarnieri
Vocal recorded at Guardian Angel Studios, Bel Air, CA; Westlake Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Henson Studios, Los Angeles, CA and Germano Studios, New York, NY
Additional engineering by Keith Gretlein
Assisted by George "Tre" Ammatuna, Tucker Robinson, Alex Guarpera and Stephen Spencer
Mixed by Phil Tan at The Ninja Beat Club, Atlanta, GA
Assisted by Damien Lewis
Drums: Nisan Stewart
Bass: Alex Evans
Guitar: John "Jubu" Smith
Keyboards: James Poyser
Trumpets: Rick Baptist, Greg Adams
Sax/ flute: Dan Higgins
Trombone: Nick Lane
Background Vocals: Mariah Carey, Melonie Daniels, Sharlotte Gibson, Nicki Richards