Have you been forsaken
In your dark and dreamless sleep
Your heart is breaking
And in your wounded sky
The silent stars go by
Oh little town of Bethlehem
Be still tonight, be still
Mary she was just a kid
Jesus was a refugee
A virgin and a vagabond
Yearning to be free
Now in the dark streets shining
Is their last chance of a dream
Oh little town of Bethlehem
Be still tonight, be still
Cradled by a crescent moon
Born under a star
Sometimes there’s no difference
Between a birthmark and a scar
Oh little town of Bethlehem
With your sky so black
May God impart to human hearts
The wisdom that we lack
Should you chance to find
A hope for all mankind
Oh little town of Bethlehem
Be still tonight, be still
Be still, be still
Be still tonight
Oh little town of Bethlehem Have you been forsaken In your dark and dreamless sleep Your heart is breaking And in your wounded sky The silent stars go by Oh little town of Bethlehem Be still tonight, be still Mary she was just a kid Jesus was a refugee A virgin and a vagabond Yearning to be free Now in the dark streets shining Is their last chance of a dream Oh little town of Bethlehem Be still tonight, be still Cradled by a crescent moon Born under a star Sometimes there’s no difference Between a birthmark and a scar Oh little town of Bethlehem With your sky so black May God impart to human hearts The wisdom that we lack Should you chance to find A hope for all mankind Oh little town of Bethlehem Be still tonight, be still Be still, be still Be still tonight Explain Request ×
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