I remember how it started still
Those are days that I remember well
It was something in the stars that was new enough to tell
There was something going down

So we set off for a foreign land
With no idea what we just might find
’cause when you’re following a star
You have to walk at night
Sounds crazy even now
And still the search goes on for
My way back home
I can’t go back the way I’ve known
And now the road for me has changed
Nothing seems to look the same
Don’t get me wrong I’m not complaining
And every star along the way
Holds the promise for the day
When I will be at home again

Some tell me I’m a wise man
A kind of sage you know it makes me laugh
I don’t know what I’m not, barely know what I am
If you know what I mean

But everybody can remember when
They had to stop and start all over again
It was something ’bout that boy in Bethlehem
I will never be the same

Every Stone Shall Cry
Music by David Hurd – G.I.A. Publications
Lyric by Richard Wilbur, Harcourt, Brace, Jevanovich

A stable lamp is lighted
Whose glow shall wake the sky
The stars shall bend their voices
And every stone shall cry
And every stone shall cry
And straw like gold will shine
A barn shall harbour heaven
A stall become a shrine

This child through David’s city
Will ride in triumph by
The palm shall strew its branches
And every stone shall cry
And every stone shall cry
Though heavy, dull and dumb
And lie within the roadway
To pave the Kingdom come

Yet He shall be forsaken
And yielded up to die
The sky shall groan and darken
And every stone shall cry
And every stone shall cry
For thorny hearts of men
God’s blood upon the spearhead
God’s love refused again
 
But now as at the ending
The low is lifted high
The stars will bend their voices
And every stone shall cry
And every stone shall cry
In praises of the child
By whose descent among us
The worlds are reconciled

I Heard the Bells
Music by J. Baptiste Calkin
Lyric by Henry W. Longfellow

I heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar Carols play
And wild and sweet the words repeat
Of peace on earth good will to all

I thought how as the day had come
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along the unbroken song
Of peace on earth good will to all

And in despair I bowed my head
There is no peace on earth I said
For hate is strong and mocks the song
Of peace on earth good will to all

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep
God is not dead nor does He sleep
The wrong shall fail the right prevail
With peace on earth good will to all

O Holy Night 

O holy night
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of the dear Saviour’s birth
Long lay the world
In sin and error pining
’til He appeared and the soul felt its worth
A thrill of hope
The weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn

Lullay, Thou little tiny child
Bye-bye lully, lullay
Lullay, Thou little tiny child
Bye-bye lully, lullay

Oh sisters too, how may we do
For to preserve this day
This poor youngling
For whom we sing
Bye-bye lully, lullay

Herod the King, in his raging
Charged he hath this day
His men of might in his own sight
All children young, to slay

Then woe is me, poor child, for Thee
And ever morn and say
For Thy parting nor say, nor sing
Bye-bye lully, lullay

Come Thou Long Expected Jesus
Music by Rowland H. Pritchard / Lyric by Charles Wesley

Come Thou long expected Jesus
Born to set Thy people free
From our fears and sins release us
Let us find our rest in Thee
Israel’s strength and consolation
Hope of all the earth Thou art
Dear desire of every nation
Joy of every loving heart

Born Thy people to deliver
Born a child and yet a King
Born to reign in us forever
Now Thy gracious kingdom bring
By Thine own eternal Spirit
Rule in all our hearts alone
By Thine all sufficient merit
Raise us to Thy glorious throne

The Angel Gabriel
Music and Lyric by Jim Croegaert
Sony Cross Keys Publishing / Molto Bravo Music

I have not seen the angel Gabriel
Standing at the right side of the altar
Saying that important line of angels
Do not be afraid

I have not heard the angel Gabriel
Telling me my prayer has been answered
That my heart’s desire has been granted
An my wife will bear a son

But I have been answered
And I have been promised
In words that cannot be spoken
And the tender mercies of our God
Has caused the rising son to shine upon us
To guide our feet into the path of peace

I was not there when the angel Gabriel
Visited the village of Nazareth
Home of a young maiden he addressed
As the highly favoured one

I did not hear the angel Gabriel
Promise what could not be imagined
Answered by a faith without fathom
let what you have said be done

Magnificat  (Holy is His Name)
Music and Lyric by John Michael Talbot
The Sparrow Corporation

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord
And my spirit exalts in God my Saviour
For He has looked with mercy on my lowliness
And so my name will be forever exalted
For the mighty God has done great things for me
And His mercy will reach from age to age

And holy, holy, holy is His name

May It Be Done
Music by Steve Bell / Lyric by Steve Bell and Jamie Howison

From the dawning of the age
And the house that bears the name
Of the great I Am
Comes the promised righteous reign
To the ones who wait
But how much longer can we bear the delay
May it be done as You have said
Plant Your seed in me oh God
Not the seed of human life
But Your everlasting word
For we are all just like the grass
And our glory’s like the flower
But the grasses wither
And flowers fade
Yet Your Word oh Lord it stands
Forever
How unsettling are these days
How completely floods the ache
Of an empty womb
But there’s a promise to receive
And I expect to see-
You defend me if I dare to believe
That it be done as You have said
Plant Your seed in me oh God
Not the seed of human life
But Your everlasting word
For we are all just like the grass
And our glory’s like the flower
But the grasses wither
And flowers fade
But Your Word oh Lord it stands
Forever

Ready My Heart
Music and Lyric by Lois Shuford

Ready my heart for the birth of Immanuel
Ready my soul for the Prince of Peace
Heap the straw of my life
For His body to lie on
Light the candle of hope
Let the child come in

Alleluia, alleluia
Alleluia, Christ the Saviour is born 

Mine is the home that is poor and is barren
Mine is the stable of cold and stone
Break the light to each corner
Of doubt and of darkness
Now the Word is made flesh
For the birth of me