[Verse 1]
You scroll through faces
Tiny green dots
Names you know
Half-typed “Merry Christmas”
Backspace
Let it go
Their house smells like December
In your memory
Anyway
They’re setting down two extra plates
Just in case
You stay
[Chorus]
Call your parents this Christmas
Before the dishes are done
Before the movie keeps playing
And the night just quietly runs
Say the small
Simple sentences
You’ve been saving for “someday”
Call your parents this Christmas
Don’t let “someday” drift away
[Verse 2]
You still got that old sweater
They swore you’d grow into
Frayed at both elbows now
Funny
So are you
They ask about the weather
You roll your eyes off-screen
But those questions hold a lifetime
Of the stuff
You never see
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Let it ring one more time
Let it ring through the shade and pride
[low vocal register]
If it’s awkward
Let it be awkward
If you cry
That’s still alright
They don’t need a perfect you
They just want to feel your name
In their tired
Cracking voices
As the year
Turns again
[Chorus]