Lyrics:

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen
Comet and Cupid and Donder and Blitzen
But do you recall
The most famous reindeer of all...

When I was just a young buck
Back in the day
They thought there was something wrong with me
Reindeer games they never let me play
I knew I was different
Bright as the nose on my face
I never quite felt at home
Never felt I had a safe place... to be me... red, shiny and fabulous
Now some will try to tell you it's just a decision
A disease that can be cured by treatment and religion
A willful re-wiring of a pre-disposition, playing God
But nobody knows my nose like I knows it, nobody
How bout I worry bout my body and you worry bout your body?
"God loves all his children" is what we seem to be negatin'
Like the real point of this Christmas thing that we're all celebratin'

and I can't change
Even if i tried
Even if i wanted to
and I can't change
Even if i tried
Even if i wanted to
My nose my nose my nose
It keeps me warm
Shines through the storm
It keeps me warm
Shines through the storm

So skip the Hallmark Christmas cards this year
And don you now whatever apparel you wanna now don(1)
You glow your way and i'll glow mine
And may all your Christmasses be righteous from now on
We press play, don't press pause
Keep flyin' high your own freak sleigh(2)
and keep believin' in your own personal Santa Claus(3)
He sure believed in me that one foggy Christmas Eve
Just as sure as this Pope is Catholic(4)
Just as sure as there will be plenty of misfit toys(5)
at the Winter Olympics(6)
Just as unsure as the Obama-nable snowman was about it
`til he felt history's touch(7)
...and by the way, I don't know about you but
Methinks Vladimir doth protest too damn much(8)

and I can't change
Even if i tried
Even if i wanted to
My nose my nose my nose
It keeps me warm
Shines through the storm
It keeps me warm
Shines through the storm

Kids are walking around
Plagued by pain in their hearts
A world so hateful
Some would rather die
Than be who they are
Maybe an old Christmas story and a new rap song
Ain't gonna solve it all
But they're a damn good place to start
No tune is gonna change us
We have to change us
Whatever God you believe in
We come from the same one
Strip away the fear, underneath, it's all the same love
About time that we rise up and shout out with glee
Live on! And be yourself! Let's all go down in history

and I can't change
Even if i tried
Even if i wanted to
and I can't change
Even if i tried
Even if i wanted to
My nose my nose my nose
It keeps me warm
Shines through the storm
It keeps me warm
Shines through the storm

Love is patient, love is kind...
I'm not cryin' on Christmas...

(people get ready, there's a sleigh a comin'
you don't need no ticket, just get on board)

Footnotes (for those perplexed by any of the lyrics):

(1) Hallmark replaced the word "gay" with "fun" on one of their Christmas ornaments this year, so it reads "Don we now our fun apparel." This caused a bit of controversy for them, and they later apologized for the decision.

(2) "Fly your freak-flag high" is an expression from the 60s meaning that one should not be afraid to be or appear different, even radically different, from those in the mainstream culture.

(3) "Your Own Personal Jesus" was a hit pop song in 1989 by Depeche Mode.

(4) The new Pope (Francis) has attempted to refocus the priorities of the Catholic Church towards the issue of poverty and away from issues of abortion and homosexuality. "Is the Pope Catholic?" is a rhetorical question/joke commonly used to indicate that something is obvious.

(5) The 1964 stop-motion tv show "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" featured characters from the Island of Misfit Toys, toys that were deemed defective due to their falling outside of societal norms. Obviously, this reference is not intended to characterize any people as "misfits" or "toys," but used here as a metaphor for all who feel marginalized or disenfranchised.

(6) The host country for this year's Winter Olympics is Russia, and Russia's President Vladimir Putin has defended his country's discriminatory laws and policies regarding homosexuality, and he has imposed significant restrictions on free expression and exercise of basic rights by those identifying as homosexual in Russia, as well as those in the press, those participating in the games and those visiting the country as spectators who might openly challenge the country's anti-gay policies.

(7) The Abominable Snowman is a character from the 1964 stop-motion tv show "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" who initially appears to be unfriendly to Rudolph but ultimately has a change of heart and comes to Rudolph's aid. Similarly, President Obama initially "struggled" with the issue of gay marriage rights before eventually making a public statement of support for those rights.

(8) The quote from Shakespeare's Hamlet, "The lady doth protest too much, methinks" has evolved from its original meaning to be used when people are so zealous in their stated objection to something that they appear to be overly defensive, thereby creating suspicion that they may be guilty of the very thing they claim to abhor so much. See (6) above for further context. If I end up mysteriously poisoned, you will know why (and that's a reference I'd rather not explain).