Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. ~ Isaiah 7:14
Christmas Song Lyrics Compiled by Charles P. Scott
Pretty Paper
Lyrics
Pretty paper
Pretty ribbons of blue
Wrap your presents
To your darling
From you
Pretty pencils
To write "I love you"
Pretty paper
Pretty ribbons
Of blue
Crowded streets
Busy feet
Hustle by him
Downtown shoppers.
Christmas is nigh
There he sits
All alone
On the sidewalk
Hoping that you won’t pass him by
Should you stop
Better not
Much too busy
You’re in a hurry.
My, how time does fly
In the distance
The ringing of laughter
And in the midst
Of the laughter
He cries
Pretty paper
Pretty ribbons of blue
Wrap your presents
To your darling
From you
Pretty pencils
To write "I love you"
Pretty paper
Pretty ribbons
Of blue
About This Song
It’s not exactly a Christmas standard on the order of “O Holy Night” or “Jingle Bells,” but “Pretty Paper” – written by Willie Nelson and first recorded by Roy Orbison – is one of the best-known Christmas songs in the country and popular music canons.
Nelson wrote “Pretty Paper” in the early 1960s about a disabled man who sold Christmas wrap from the sidewalk in Fort Worth. When Nelson played the song for the legendary Nashville label owner Fred Foster in 1963, Foster sent the demo off to one of his acts, Roy Orbison, who was in London at the time.
