Key: A minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I saw three kings rid
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ing through the dessert as the day begins,
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"We bring great joy to
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the birth of a baby boy,
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By the star we have been led,
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To this place," then someone said,
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"The people that you're looking
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for have never been here at all",
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Verse 2
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I saw two birds, one was a hawk,
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the other was a dove,
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One said, "I am war",
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the other one said, " I am love,"
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As they flew up to the sky,
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they got too close to the sun,
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And with a flash of light the dove fell
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to the ground;
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Sometimes we never
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know,
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when it's time for letting go,
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Last night I heard them say "No!
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We will never let that happen again!"
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But it's a long,
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long way from here to Bethlehem,
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Yes it's a long,
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long way from here to Bethlehem;
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I heard
Verse 4
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one man saying that the
lion can lay down with the lamb,
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But in the cage there's nothing left,
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The lion has gone and the lamb is dead,
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No one gets in or out,
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and to be heard they've got to shout,
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That the words of the lord are
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written on the city walls;
Verse 5
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I saw Saint Paul talking to the devil,
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like the best of friends,
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They said "let's make a deal and
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bring this cursed war to an end",
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As they stood there shaking hands,
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The Devil signed his name to the plan,
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After a couple of days there was
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nothing there at all,
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Verse 6
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Sometimes we never know,
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when it's time for letting go,
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Last night I heard them say "No!
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We will never let that happen again!"
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But it's a long,
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long way from here to Bethlehem,
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Yes it's a long,
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long way from here to Bethlehem;
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Much has changed in the modern
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world,
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There's no time for the long ago,
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Many problems that we have,
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Are from the Greatest story ever told,
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Verse 8
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And it's a long, long way, to Bethlehem,
It's a long, long way, to Bethlehem,
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It's a long, long way, to Bethlehem,
It's a long, long way!
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