[00:00.000]I'm walking backwards for Christmas[00:26.716]Across the Irish Sea[00:30.879]I'm walking backwards for Christmas[00:35.179]It's the only thing for me[00:39.331]I've tried walking sideways[00:42.189]And walking to the front[00:44.115]But people just look at me[00:46.368]And say it's a publicity stunt[00:48.670]I'm walking backwards for Christmas[00:52.140]To prove that I love you[00:56.032]An imigrantal lad[01:09.093]Loved an Irish colleen[01:11.274]From Dublin Galway Bay[01:15.734]He longed for her arms[01:17.898]But she spurned his charms[01:20.044]And sailed o'er the foam away[01:23.652]She left the lad by himself, on his own[01:28.644]All alone, a-sorrowing[01:34.631]And sadly he dreamed[01:36.080]Or at least that's the way it seemed, buddy[01:39.449]That an angel choir for him[01:43.531]An angel choir did sing[01:46.938]I'm walking backwards for Christmas[01:58.416]Across the Irish Sea[02:05.759]I'm walking backwards for Christmas[02:12.941]It's the finest thing for me[02:20.087]And so I've tried walking sideways[02:24.555]And walking to the front[02:26.673]But people just laughed, and said[02:30.549]"It's a publicity stunt"[02:32.604]So I'm walking backwards for Christmas[02:37.276]To prove that I love you