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 street busy feet hustle by him   Downtown shoppers Christmas is nigh   There he sits all alone on the sidewalk   He's just hoping he won't pass him by      Should I stop?    Better not much too busy   I'm in a hurry my how time does fly   And 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   Pretty paper pretty ribbons of blue