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You'd better watch out, you'd better not cry
You'd better not pout, I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town
He's making a list, he's checkin' it twice
He's gonna find out whose daughter you're nice
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town
He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows if you're awake
He knows if you've been bad or good
(so you'd) better be good for goodness sake
Better be good for goodness sake
You'd better watch out, you'd better not cry
You'd better not pout, I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town
He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows if you're awake
He knows if you've been bad or good
(so you'd) better be good for goodness sake
Better be good for goodness sake
You'd better watch out, you'd better not cry
You'd better not pout, I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town
(J. F. Coots, H. Gillespie) by The Three Suns 1952. Played around Christmas time in the Born To Run, Darkness On The Edge Of Town, The River, Born In The USA, Human Touch and Reunion tours. The more misplaced performances: 18 September 1984 in Philadelphia and 28 March 1985 in Sidney.
In festive style, Bruce Springsteen's perennial SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN made the UK Top 10 in December 1985.
The most famous performance was recorded live on 12 December 1975 at C. W. Post College, Greenvale, NY. This version was released on singles in 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, and 1988 with MY HOMETOWN, WAR (30 September 1985), MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY (28 December 1980), TUNNEL OF LOVE, TWO FOR THE ROAD, and others... Columbia Records is still releasing the 1988 single My Hometown that contains MY HOMETOWN and SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN.