When Bridget Jones belted out a little Eric Carmen on a lonely night in she spoke for a generation of lovelorn ladies. Or did she? It seems it all might have been a case of mistaken lyrics.

This cute animated video sets us straight. That song we’ve been calling “All By Myself” all these years is really “Obama’s Elf.” And now that Barack’s sitting pretty in the Whitehouse, it’s time the truth was known!

This elf is absolutely adorable, but I have to wonder: what’s so bad about being Obama’s elf anyway? Surely it’s got to be better right now than sitting on the shoulder of John McCain or Sarah Palin!