Listen to How Christmas Is Supposed To Be (feat. Sheridan Smith) by Gary Barlow

How Christmas Is Supposed To Be (feat. Sheridan Smith)

Gary Barlow

Pop

20,184

Apple Music Note

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Gary Barlow - How Christmas Is Supposed To Be (Official Video) ft. Sheridan Smith

Watch Gary Barlow - How Christmas Is Supposed To Be (Official Video) ft. Sheridan Smith on YouTube

Featured In

Listen to The Dream of Christmas (Deluxe) by Gary Barlow

ALBUMThe Dream of Christmas (Deluxe)Gary Barlow

Listen to Irving Berlin: The Songwriters featuring Gary Barlow

PLAYLISTIrving Berlin: The SongwritersApple Music Jazz

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Gary Barlow

Vocals

Sheridan Smith

Vocals

Ryan Carline

Keyboards

Aaron Hoey

Guitar

Ash Soan

Drums

Freddie Thompson

Freddie Thompson

Bass

Hayley Carline

Background Vocals

Jem Godfrey

Keyboards

Joby Burgess

Percussion

Fergus Gerrand

Percussion

Tom Richards

Performer

Dan Keen

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Gary Barlow

Composer

Tom Richards

Horn Arranger

Dan Keen

String Arranger

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Gary Barlow

Producer

Ryan Carline

Producer

James Parker

Assistant Recording Engineer

Andrew Dudman

Immersive Mixing Engineer

Bernie Grundman

Bernie Grundman

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I've given all I've got

You've given me nothing

Something to believe in

Sleepless nights

[Verse 2]

But every day I wonder

You're still dreaming

If I'm wasting my time here

No surprise

[Verse 3]

The voices way too loud

Emotions up and down

Searching hard to find some light

[Verse 4]

It's a war, it's a fight

On the worst of all nights

No, it's not the red that we wanna see

There will be no release

Till we're down on our knees

Can we both agree

It's not how Christmas is supposed to be

[Verse 5]

I'm hoping this will be the year

I've been saying that forever

Agree to disagree

No compromise

[Verse 6]

Stay in

Go out

Be alone

Be together

Respecting each other even despite

[Verse 7]

The way we scream and shout

Forever falling out

Too much wrong, too little right

[Verse 8]

It's a war, it's a fight

On the worst of all nights

No, it's not the red that we wanna see

There will be no release

Till we're down on our knees

Can we both agree

It's not how Christmas is supposed to be

[Verse 9]

No, it's not how it's supposed to be

No

[Verse 10]

Maybe we can start over again

Make tonight the beginning instead of the end

Put down our weapons

Dry all our tears

Find love, love this Christmas Eve, yeah

[Verse 11]

Woo!

[Verse 12]

Merry Christmas, everyone

[Verse 13]

Just look into my eyes

Let me apologise

Here's the only place that I wanna be

I wanna be

The only gift that I need is you loving me

And we both agree

This is how Christmas is supposed to be

[Verse 14]

This love, this love

This love is right where I wanna be

The only gift that I need is you loving me

Now we both agree

This is how Christmas is supposed to be

Written by: Gary Barlow

Shazam Footer

Select language:

Company

Legal

Chrome Web Store

Galaxy Store

Follow Us

© Copyright 2025 Apple Inc. and its affiliates | Supplier Responsibility