Christmas on Earth lyrics

Well I know that on Earth it is Christmas now And I hope there'll be days in the snow When I return many light years on Though my friends will have died long ago And the rain makes a sound like the asteroids There are worlds made of ice in the clouds I'm receiving transmissions they broadcast long ago They remind me of things I have seen All the people and cities and crowds Ring the bells, ring the bells, ring them Ring the bells, I can still hear them Ring the bells, ring the bells, ring them Ring the bells, I can still hear them Here on the way to the stars About now back on earth it is Christmastime There'll be logs in the grate, they will burn I'm alone tape recording memories For it all will have changed when I return And the rain is so strange in the Milky Way I see cloudscapes of purple and green Candelabras are shooting off firework displays And I'm writing the things I have seen People shopping and sparks from a train Ring the bells, ring the bells, ring them Ring the bells, I can still hear them Ring the bells, ring the bells, ring them Ring the bells, I can still hear them Here on the way to the stars Ring the bells, ring the bells, ring them Ring the bells, I can still hear them Ring the bells, ring the bells, ring them Ring the bells, I can still hear them Here on the way to the stars Well I know that on Earth it is Christmas now But in space time goes by so slow At the speed of light one single night Is a year to the people back home