[Intro: intimate mixed choir, celesta and sleigh bells] Coats on the bed, boots by the door. Make a little room, there's always one more. [Chorus: bright singalong melody, full group harmonies] Chimney drop, make the whole house rock. Shake that star on the treetop. Chimney drop, everybody shout— Let the cold stay out! [Post-Chorus: low robotic call, crowd response] Stockings up! Bass down! Stockings up! Bass down! [Build: robotic voice, rising snare roll] Chimney. Chimney. [Shorten to clipped syllables; double the repetition rate] Chim-chim, chim-chim. [Double again; tighten the vocal chops] Chim-chim-chim-chim, chim-chim-chim-chim. [Break: instruments stop; dry, deadpan spoken voice] Santa doesn't knock. [One beat of total silence] [Drop: shouted vocal and first bass hit land together] HE DROPS! [Two bars of instrumental bass response] CHIMNEY DROP! MAKE THE WHOLE HOUSE ROCK! [Two bars of instrumental bass response] STOCKINGS UP! BASS DOWN! [Instrumental: growling bass answers the chorus melody on bells] [Breakdown: drums and bass stop; warm choir returns] Crooked little star, one burned-out light— Everybody's ten years old tonight. Coats on the bed, boots by the door. Make a little room, there's always one more. [Chorus: familiar melody returns, crowd joins] Chimney drop, make the whole house rock. Shake that star on the treetop. Chimney drop, everybody shout— Let the cold stay out! [Final Build: robotic voice, rising drums] Chimney. Chimney. [Double the repetition rate] Chim-chim, chim-chim. [Double again; pitch rises] Chim-chim-chim-chim, chim-chim-chim-chim. [Break: solo shout, instruments cut out] STRAIGHT DOWN THE CHIMNEY! [Final Drop: full bass impact, robotic voice and crowd] CHIMNEY DROP! MAKE THE WHOLE HOUSE ROCK! [Two bars of instrumental bass response] SANTA DOESN'T KNOCK— HE DROPS! [Two bars of instrumental bass response] STOCKINGS UP! BASS DOWN! MAKE THE WHOLE HOUSE ROCK! [Outro: bass cuts off; soft choir and one ringing bell] Let the cold stay out.
