[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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On a starlit hillside, shepherds watched their sheep
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Slowly, David's city drifted off to sleep
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But to this little town of no great renown
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The Lord had a promise to keep
[Verse 2]
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Prophets had foretold it, a mighty King would come
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Long awaited Ruler, God's Anointed One
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But the Sovereign of all looked helpless and small
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As God gave the world His own Son
[Chorus]
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And who would have dreamed or ever foreseen
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That we could hold God in our hands?
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The Giver of Life is born in the night
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Revealing God’s glorious plan
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To save the world
[Verse 3]
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Wondrous gift of heaven: the Father sends the Son
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Planned from time eternal, moved by holy love
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He will carry our curse and death He’ll reverse
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So we can be daughters and sons