O Holy night
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The stars are brightly shining
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It is the night of our dear savior's birth
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Now you all heard the story about Bethlehem
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How the child was born and the three wise men
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Heard the preacher tell it like the preacher does
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But let me tell you, children,
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That's not how it was
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Now you might ask me what I'm talking about
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But I know the part that they all left out
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Yes, I do
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Now do you hear what I said
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That Herod wanted those wise men dead
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But on that blessed evening
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My great great great great great great granddad
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He saved those kings
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Now granddad made his living
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Playing jazz you see
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But jazz wasn't big around one A.D.
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So he got himself a job in the palace band
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Where he heard about three kings
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In the desert sand
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Let me tell you children that at any time
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Three kings in the desert that's a real rare find
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Yes, it is
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But Herod heard of it too
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And when he heard his curiosity grew
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So he asked those kings to drop by
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And my great great great great great great
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Granddad
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He wondered why
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So the Magi told old Herod
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That they had come here
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To find a newborn king of kings
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Who'd heal our sins
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Then old Herod told his guards
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To follow those Magi
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And that the only king around here
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Was gonna' be him
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Then he told his soldiers as I recall
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When they found that child, to kill them all
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But granddad overheard what Herod said
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And he had to act fast or else they'd all be dead
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Yes, they would
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So granddad got to those kings
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Filled them in on the plan, told them everything
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When they heard what he had in store
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They grabbed the gold
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The frankincense
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The myrrh, the jewels
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The desert tents
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And when they found
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His plan was sound
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They followed granddad out the back door
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Yes, they did
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They followed him down
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And what a night
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It must have been
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But when God is on your side
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You kinda' know that in the end
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You're gonna win
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They traveled fast
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They traveled far
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And in the end they found
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That they were standing with the Child
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Beneath the star
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Hallelujah, Hallelujah
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Hallelujah, Hallelujah
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Hallelujah, Hallelujah
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Hallelujah, Hallelujah
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Hallelujah, Hallelujah
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Hallelujah, Hallelujah
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And so you see we've reached the end
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Of our story
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When granddad and the kings
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Reached that stable on the hill
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And while I said that
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Three kings in the desert is a rare sight
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Angels singing in the desert that's far rarer still
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Now I ain't sayin' that the bible was wrong
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But ya' see the whole tale
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Would have taken too long
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'Cause way back then in the promised land
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Every copy they sold,
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It had to be written by hand
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And granddad lived a long life
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Stayed friends with those kings
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And found a good wife
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And eventually I came along
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But that my children
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That my children
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That's another song
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THE NEXT LETTER INCLUDED A RECEIPT
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FOR ONE TOY STUFFED BEAR
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DONATING IT TO A SMALL THRIFT SHOP
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BUT SOMEHOW IT WAS LEFT THERE
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FOR ATTICS HAVE THEIR SECRETS
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AND TOYS WILL HAVE THEIRS, TOO
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LIKE WHO ONCE HELD OR LOVED THEM
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WHEN THEY LAST WERE NEW
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WHETHER THEY WERE MADE OF METAL
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OR THEY WERE COTTON STUFFED
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OF HOW THEY HAD BEEN LEFT HERE
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WHEN THEY WERE NOT ENOUGH
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AND SO IT'S HERE THAT THEY MUST WAIT
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BETWEEN REALITY AND DREAM
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HOPING ALL WILL BE REMEMBERED
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AND THAT ALL CAN BE REDEEMED
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THEN IN THE SOUND OF THE WIND
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WHISTLING THROUGH A DOOR
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SHE THOUGHT SHE HEARD THE SOUND OF CHILDREN
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THAT HAD HELD THIS TOY BEFORE
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AND SHE THEN THOUGHT TO HERSELF
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AS SHE NOW HELD IT IN HER HAND
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THAT NO ONE COULD SAVE ALL THE WORLD
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BUT WE SHOULD SAVE WHO WE CAN
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SO SHE PLACED IT NEAR HER CANDLE
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FOR SHE HAD DECIDED IN HER MIND
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THAT WHEN SHE LEFT THIS ATTIC
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HE WOULD NOT BE LEFT BEHIND
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The Three Kings And I (What Really Happened)
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra |