Nobody Cares About Santa Lyrics
Nobody Cares About Santa
[FAKE SANTA #1]Used to be
I’d stand on the busiest corner,
Ring my bell and make the people smile.
Nowadays,
They pass me by, and who knows why?
Could it be that old Saint Nick's gone out of style?
[ALL FAKE SANTAS]
Well, nobody cares,
Nobody cares,
Nobody cares about Santa.
They read their list,
Then you get dismissed,
‘Cause nobody cares about Santa Claus.
[FAKE SANTA #2]
Used to be
The kids waited hours to see me.
All that joy could almost make you cry.
[MANAGER]
Now they think
I’m just passé, some dumb cliché,
And it makes me wonder why I even try.
[ALL FAKE SANTAS]
Well, nobody cares,
Nobody cares,
Nobody cares about Santa.
You once were revered—
[FAKE SANTA #3]
Now they yank off your beard!
[ALL FAKE SANTAS]
‘Cause nobody cares about Santa Claus.
[FAKE SANTA #1 & BUDDY]
Is this all a sign?
[BUDDY]
Is this all an awful sign?
[ALL FAKE SANTAS]
Of a sad decline?
[BUDDY]
A miserable, sad decline!
[BUDDY]
I never knew such disrespect
Could ever have existed.
No wonder this whole city
Has been naughty listed!
(Dance break.)
[BUDDY]
How can Santa Claus?
[ALL FAKE SANTAS]
How can good old Santa Claus?
[BUDDY]
Be a hopeless cause?
[ALL FAKE SANTAS]
A totally hopeless cause!
[BUDDY]
Even little children
Think that Santa’s overrated.
I kinda get the feeling
That New York is jaded!
[ALL FAKE SANTAS]
Kinda get that feeling, too!
[ALL]
Well, nobody cares,
Nobody cares,
Nobody cares about Santa.
The bringer of bliss—
[BUDDY]
What kind of world is this?!
[ALL]
Where nobody cares about
Weary, fed up,
Ready to hang the sled up,
Santa Claus.
Ho? Ho? Ho?
No! No! No!
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by Michael Mandell, Sebastian Arcelus, Ensemble Of The Original Broadway Production Of Elf The Musical
Writer(s): Matthew Sklar, Chad Beguelin