You better watch out You better not cry You better not pout I'm telling you why Santa Claus is coming to town He's making a list He's checking it twice He's gonna find out Who's naughty or nice Santa Claus is coming to town He sees you when you're sleeping He knows when you're awake He knows when you've been bad or good So be good for goodness sake So you better watch out You better not cry You better not pout I'm telling you why Santa Claus is coming to town Little tin horns little toy drums Rooty toot toots and rummy tum tums Santa Claus is coming to Little toy dolls that cuttle and coo Elephants boats and kiddy cars too Santa Claus is coming to town The kids and girls in boy land Will have a jubilee They're gonna build a toy land town All around the Christmas tree Oh you better watch out You better not cry You better not pout I'm telling you why Santa Claus is coming to town Gonna talk about Merry Christmas Was she gonna Merry Christmas Santa Claus is coming Santa Claus is coming Santa Claus is coming to town