Born in a Manger

Cold little town

Sky full of frost

Census roads crowded

Every bed cost

Door after doorway

"Sorry

We're packed"

Tired young parents

Carrying the weight they lacked

Outside the lanterns

Inside the chill

One rough stable

On the back of a hill

Straw for a cradle

Dust in the air

World kept on turning

Almost unaware

Born in a manger

Right where the shadows lay

Heaven came closer

Right through the broken hay

Not on a throne

But out where the lost ones stay

Born in a manger

So we’d know the narrow way

She held him shaking

Hands full of tears

All of her questions

All of their fears

Joseph just watching

Heart like a storm

Guarding a promise

Wrapped in a child so small

So warm

Far on the hillside

Workers at night

Blink at the brilliance

Split by the light

"Peace to the humble"

Song in the sky

Feet in the dirt now

Glory in a baby’s cry

Not in the palace

Not in the proud

Quiet arrival

Hidden from the crowd

[low vocal register] Right where it’s empty

Right where it’s cold

[crecendo] That’s where the story

Bursts into gold