You know, you better watch out You better not cry You better not pout I'm tellin' you why Santa Claus is coming to town And you know that he is makin' up a list And checkin' it twice Gonna find out who's naughty or nice Santa Claus is coming to town He knows when you are sleeping He knows when you're awake He knows if you've been bad or good So be good for goodness sake Yeah yeah yeah You better watch out You better not cry You better not pout I'm tellin' you why Santa Claus is coming to town One more time now Santa Claus is coming to town (Santa's coming, Santa's coming) Old Saint Nicholas is coming to town (Santa's coming, Santa's coming) I'm tellin' all you kids now you better be good and watch what you do because er-uh (Santa's coming, Santa's coming) You know that Old Saint Nicholas is coming to town (Santa's coming, Santa's coming)