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SINCE THE DAY THE ANGEL CAME
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It seemed that everything had changed
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The only certain thing
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Was the child that moved within
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On the road that would not end
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Winding down to Bethlehem
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So far away from home
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Just a blanket on the floor
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Of a vacant cattle-stall
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But there the child was born
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She held him in her arms
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And as she laid him down to sleep
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She wondered - will it always be
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So bitter and so sweet
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And did she see there
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In the straw by his head a thorn
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And did she smell myrrh
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In the air on that starry night
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And did she hear angels sing
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Not so far away
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Till at last the sun rose blood-red
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In the morning sky
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Then the words of ancient seers
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Tumbled down the centuries ...
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A virgin shall conceive...
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God with us... Prince of Peace
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Man of Sorrows - strangest name
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Oh Joseph there it comes again
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So bitter yet so sweet
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And as she watched him through the years
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Her joy was mingled with her tears
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And she'd feel it all again
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The glory, and the shame
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And when the miracles began
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She wondered, who is this man
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And where will this all end
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'Til against a darkening sky
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The son she loved was lifted high
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And with his dying breath
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She heard him say 'Father forgive'
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And to the criminal beside
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©øToday-with me in Paradise©÷
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So bitter yet so sweet
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SINCE THE DAY THE ANGEL CAME
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Granhan Kendrick |