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TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA LYRICS
"The Ghosts of Christmas Eve" (2001 DVD)
1. O' Come All Ye Faithfull/O Holy Night
2. Good King Joy
3. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
4. Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)
5. Christmas Canon
6. O Holy Night
7. Music Box Blues
8. Promises To Keep
9. This Christmas Day
10. First Snow
1. O' Come All Ye Faithfull/O Holy Night
2. Good King Joy
Joy to the world
The Lord has come
Let earth
Receive her king
Now it was long ago
When it all began
Back in Bethlehem
In the promised land
When a single star
Appeared in the sky
And three kings saw
And they each asked why
And they checked the books
Full of prophecy
And the one king said
Why it's plain to me
You see it means
That a king is born
Who will save mankind
On this blessed morn
So they packed some gold
Myrrh and frankincense
On some old camel
With some fancy tents
Closed down the house
Set the servants free
And three kings rode
Into history
It was long ago
In a foreign land
When the Lord looked down
Said to make a stand
So He sent His son
And said, 'through him you'll know me!'
Then the angels came
And when they start to sing
All at once the past
It doesn't mean a thing
And the star comes out
And the wise men say, Hey show me!
And they followed it
Over hills and sand
Til' they found the child
Like it all was planned
And as they knelt before
The newborn king
The angel's were singing
In their angel style
How all of our hopes
Had come down to this child
Then he reached for the song
And he held it in his hand
(It was something that he did
Because angels can)
And he wondered to himself
"Is this the answer that I sought"
But something was still missing
Or at least so he still thought
And so he journeyed on
Through the midnight winter air
When all at once our angel
Felt the touch of a man's prayer
And looking once more to the earth
To determine whence it came
He felt a million souls below
But one was not the same
For there he saw a man alone
Though he was walking in a crowd
And though this man had rarely prayed
Tonight his head was bowed
For even in a crowd, you see
A heart can feel alone
When the night is Christmas Eve
A child is not at home
So from a father to the Lord
A prayer did swiftly race
But the angel saw it first
And he listened to its case
3. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
4. Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)
5. Christmas Canon
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas
The hope that he brings
The hope that he brings
The hope that he brings
The hope that he brings
This night
We pray
Our lives
Will show
This dream
He had
Each child
Still knows
We are waiting
We have not forgotten
On this night
On this night
On this very Christmas night
6. O Holy Night
7. Music Box Blues
Remember last Christmas Eve
When we sat next to our first tree
Ornaments reflected light
Of a candle in the night
And I gave you a music box
Back then that seemed like so much
We watched it go round and round
As the melodies unwound
But all these things are now long gone
And not to be wished upon again
But the music box continues to turn
The candle in the window continues to burn
But I know they're just memories
Like Christmas past and you and me
Remember that old fireplace
That held the room in warm embrace
And as we watched for Christmas ghosts
The fire held the shadows close
But now upon that Christmas scene
The candle wax of melted dreams
And ornaments of shattered glass
Now belonging to the past
But all these things are now long gone
And not to be wished upon again
But the music box continues to turn
The candle in the window continues to burn
But I know they're just memories
Like Christmas past and you and me
I miss you baby
Oh yes, I do
And it's been far too long
Since I last laid eyes on you
I got the lights upon the Christmas tree
I got the candle lit for you to see
And beside this window I will wait
For inside this night it's not too late
I got the lights
Up on the tree
They're shining bright
If you'd just believe
Just believe with me
The candles burning
You know I'm gonna wait
The clock keeps turning
But I know it's not
I know it's not too late
I got the lights upon the Christmas tree
I got the candle lit for you to see
And beside this window I will wait
For inside this night
I know it's not too late
8. Promises To Keep
Christmas time
On a cold December morning
All is calm
And the world is still asleep
Christmas lights
That have been caught without warning
Gently glitter on
Stars to wish upon
All the world is at peace
Christmas time and the year will soon be leaving
Cloaked in time till it's just a memory
Christmas stays if we don't forget its meaning
Days go quickly by
Years they multiply
And we go searching for thee
And the dream is still alive
From that first December morning
And it always will survive
As long as we can see
That the dreams we find in life
Are the dreams we tend to seek
And Christmas has its promises to keep
Christmas time
And the moments just beginning
From last night
When we'd wished upon a star
If our kindness
This day is just pretending
If we pretend long enough
Never giving up
It just might be who we are
And so it's good that we remember
Just as soon as we've discovered
That the things we do in life
Will always end up touching others
So from a fading neon star
Somewhere shining in the night
We find a father far away
Now reflecting in its light
9. This Christmas Day
So, tell me Christmas
Are we wise
To believe in things we never see
Are prayers just wishes in disguise
And are these wishes being granted me
For now I see
The answering
To every prayer I've prayed
She's coming home this
Christmas Day
So tell me Christmas
Are we kind
More this day than any other day
Or is it only in our mind
And must it leave when you have gone away
It's different now
It's changed somehow
And now you're here to stay
She's coming home this Christmas Day
All at once the world
It doesn't seem the same
And in a single night
You know it all has changed
And everything is now as it should be
I have the ornament
I have the perfect tree
I have a string of lights
I have a chance to see
Everything that my heart thought could be
For of all the dreams
You were the first I knew
And every other one
Was a charade of you
You stayed close when I was far away
In the darkest night
You always were the star
You always took us in
No matter who we are
And so she's coming home this
Christmas Day
So the girl had reached her home
And the bar was closing down
As the angel started back
To bring his Lord what he had found
10. First Snow
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