HowToThrowAChristmasParty

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The wise men of old saw a beautiful star,
Led on by its glory they traveled afar;
Over mountains and valleys ’til wanderings past,
Their gifts at the feet of the Savior they cast.

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The star of the east was the herald of day,
The light everlasting that doesn't fade away
Its beams rising higher, O hasten and see,
The Light of the world shines for you and for me.

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Beautiful star of the east
Beautiful star of the east
Beautiful star of the east
Beautiful star of the east

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The star of His Word guards His people today,
To sweet joy in Jesus ’tis leading the way.
Then still let us follow and lovingly bring
Our hearts and our off’rings to Jesus our King.

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Beautiful star of the east
Beautiful star of the east
Beautiful star of the east
Beautiful star of the east

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Scatter the shadows of sin far away
Lead us to Jesus, the Star of the day
The star of the da-a-a-a-a-y

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Beautiful star of the east
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The sun always shines in December
Leave your snowboots in the hall
Time to decorate the palm trees
With gold and silver christmas balls

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You can feel the temperature’s rising
Sipping champagne on the beach
Take the christmas angels out for a swim
Because winter is out of reach

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It’s that time of year to celebrate in the sun
With our feet in the sand, yeah this is where we belong

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California Christmas is all I’m living for
California Christmas,
gimme more, gimme more, gimme more
we’ve got all we ever wanted but it’s never enough,
that’s why we adore
California Christmas,
gimme more, gimme more, gimme more
Instrumental

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Put another shrimp on the barbie
The night is young, we’ll take it slow
While the sun sets in the ocean
We watch our bellies grow

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Santa-Clause on his flip-flops
Drags his raindeer through the sand
Has anyone seen his swimsuit
This party’s getting way out of hand

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It’s that time of year to celebrate in the sun
With our feet in the sand, yeah it’s time for you to sing along

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California Christmas is all I’m living for
California Christmas,
gimme more, gimme more, gimme more
we’ve got all we ever wanted but it’s never enough,
that’s why we adore
California Christmas,
gimme more, gimme more, gimme more
Instrumental

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This is not what you expect from christmas
This is not what you have worked for all year
You want a flying sled with lots of presents
You’ve got a crappy boat packed with people you don’t know

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Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice!

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Sing the song of the uprooted
Sing the song of the oppressed
To remind us why it’s Christmas in the first place
Bring the migrants! Bring the rightless!
There is plenty to go ‘round
Taste and see why it is Christmas in the first place

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This is not what peace on earth should look like
This is not what you have risked your life for
You want a chance to live as decent people
There is nothing you won’t do to keep your family safe

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Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice!

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Sing the song of the uprooted
Sing the song of the oppressed
To remind us why it’s Christmas in the first place
Bring the migrants! Bring the rightless!
There is plenty to go ‘round
Taste and see why it is Christmas in the first place

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We’ve got first world problems and second hand solutions
We don’t hide our disappointment in the face of baby Jesus
We’ve got first world problems and second hand solutions
We don’t hide our disappointment in the face of baby Jesus
NANANANANANA NANANANANANA NANANANANANA
It's Christmas in the first place!
NANANANANANA NANANANANANA NANANANANANA
It's Christmas in the first place!
Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice!
Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice!

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Please shut down december radio
One more year of songs we already know
Please shut down december radio
We prefer the static over songs of peace and joy
Cause I don’t think that I’ll survive
One more ‘all I want for Christmas is you’
So I’ll ask for the clouds
To let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

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La la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la

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please turn off the lights in the tree cause
I’m afraid that they’re way to bright for me
Then set free the reindeer on the lawn
I swear that you won’t miss them once they’re gone
Cause I don’t think that I’ll survive
One more heartfelt coca-cola ad
So I’ll ask for the clouds
To let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
and bury us alive

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La la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la

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Een kind is ons geboren
Een zoon is ons gegeven
En de heerschappij rust op zijn schouders

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Deze namen zal Hij dragen:
Wonderbare raadsman
Godd'lijke held, Eeuw'ge Vader, vredevorst.

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Groot is zijn heerschappij!
Groot is zijn heerschappij!
Groot is zijn heerschappij!
Aan de vrede zal geen einde komen.

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Een kind is ons geboren
Een zoon is ons gegeven
En de heerschappij rust op zijn schouders

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Deze namen zal Hij dragen:
Wonderbare raadsman
Godd'lijke held, Eeuw'ge Vader, vredevorst.

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Groot is zijn heerschappij!
Groot is zijn heerschappij!
Groot is zijn heerschappij!
Aan de vrede zal geen einde komen.

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Vrede op aarde!
Vrede op aarde!
Vrede op aarde!
In de mensen, een welbehagen.

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Who would have known,
who would have known that
the Lord of all would come this close?
Not in a storm or a great flood, no
in this child is were He’s found.

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Who would have known,
who would have known
the Lord of all would come this close?
In this child is were we meet Him;
oh come and praise Emmanuel.

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Who would have known,
who would have known that
the Lord of all would come this close?
Not in a storm or a great flood, no
in this child is were He’s found.

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Who would have known,
who would have known
the Lord of all would come this close?
In this child is were we meet Him;
oh come and praise Emmanuel.

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Emmanuel,
Emmanuel.

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I saw Johnny Cash dressed like a Joseph
and his guitar was playin' loud.
There was a girl who looks like Mary;
June Carter Cash started to shout.

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There was this choir with an archangel
movin' his hips from left to right,
wearing a suit as bling as Elvis'
singing this song of light

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Listen up all you weary:
hide under wings of glory,
Join in with the stars of this story,
go find your voice in this glorious choir
Instrumental

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Over there three kings gazing up yonder
foll'wing this bright shinin' Ringo Starr
In Strawberry fields they sung close harmony
I could hear them from afar

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Four sheperds running like rolling stones
and they were humming this pow'rful song
and when I die I will still remember
'cause it's melody is so strong!

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Listen up all you weary:
hide under wings of glory,
Join in with the stars of this story,
go find your voice in this glorious choir
Instrumental

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War, eat your heart out,
your ugly heart out!
War, eat your heart out,
your ugly heart out!

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The Shepherds sat upon the ground when a brightness filled the sky
Fleecy flocks were scattered round and a song was heard on high
Oh yes, we know the story well every girl and every boy
Listen now, and hear us tell why the angels sing for joy
Down from the worlds of radiant light behold the Saviour come,
To ransom souls from endless night and bring the wand’rers home.
Come join this song and dance along we praise the new born king
This stable is to small for us We're built for bigger things

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We welcome you Emmanuel
Without you we’re just empty shells - and hollow christmas bells
We welcome you Emmanuel
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa (x2)
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa

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Salvation to Messiah’s Name with grateful hearts we sing
And join our voices to proclaim our Saviour and our King
Immortal praise to God belongs for such unfathomed love
Join, all below, in rapturous songs and shout, ye hosts above
Down from the worlds of radiant light behold the Saviour come,
To ransom souls from endless night and bring the wand’rers home.
Come join this song and dance along we praise the new born king
This stable is to small for us we're built for bigger things

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We welcome you Emmanuel
Without you we’re just empty shells - and hollow christmas bells
We welcome you Emmanuel
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa (x2)
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa

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We welcome you Emmanuel
We welcome you Emmanuel
We welcome you Emmanuel
We welcome you Emmanuel
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa (x2)
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
W – E – L – C – O
M – E . WE – L – C – O
M – E . WE – L – C – O
M – E . WE – L – C – O

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Free the refugees!

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An angel of the Lord came to me, told me to flee
take your wife and take your kid to safety
Then I woke up, I packed my bags up, starting to see
here's no future, here's no hope for the baby

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Over land and over sea
through the rain and misery
The overcrowded fishing boat
capsized when we were getting close

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Jesus was a refugee, just like me
but i'm stuck on christmas island
Jesus was a refugee, just like me
but i'm stuck on christmas island
Jesus was a refugee, just like me
but i'm stuck on christmas island
Jesus was a refugee, just like me
but i'm stuck on christmas island
Instrumental

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Free the refugees!

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Just like Joseph, just like Mary we had to go
leave the country, leave the family and leave our home
they locked us up behind barbed wire because we tried
to save our kid from modern Herods, to stay alive

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Over land and over sea
through the rain and misery
The overcrowded fishing boat
capsized when we were getting close

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Jesus was a refugee, just like me
but i'm stuck on christmas island
Jesus was a refugee, just like me
but i'm stuck on christmas island
Jesus was a refugee, just like me
but i'm stuck on christmas island
Jesus was a refugee, just like me
but i'm stuck on christmas island
Instrumental

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Free the refugees!

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I've never cared too much
for the moon or the stars,
venus, jupiter or mars
But since I'm aware
'bout what's written up there
I can't sleep, I look up and stare

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The king of the jews is born
The king of the jews is born
Three wise men made me see
So I made my decree
Bethlehem, your sons will set me free

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I'm very glad to see
in this moonlit cloudy night
the stars are all out of sight
I sent my men away
had just one thing to say:
under two years, take them all away

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The king of the jews is born
The king of the jews is born
Three wise men made me see
So I made my decree
Bethlehem, your sons will set me free

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The king of the jews is born
The king of the jews is born
Three wise men made me see
So I made my decree
Bethlehem, your sons will set me free

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Oh come, little children, oh come, one and all.
To Bethlehem haste, to the manger so small.
He’s born in a stable for you and for me,
The hay is His pillow, the manger His bed
The beasts stand in wonder to gaze on his head
He’s born in a stable for you and for me,
now "Glory to God!" sing the angels on high

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See Mary and Joseph with love beaming eyes
Their Sweet baby Jesus so meek and so mild,
He’s born in a stable for you and for me,
The wise men are kneeling, with hearts full of love,
While angels sing loud hallelujahs above.
He’s born in a stable for you and for me,
now "Glory to God!" sing the angels on high

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Aaaaaaaah Aaaaaaaah
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Kneel down and adore Him with shepherds today,
Lift up little hands now and follow his ways
He’s born in a stable for you and for me
Rejoice that a Savior from sin you can boast,
And join in the song of the heavenly host.
He’s born in a stable for you and for me
now "Glory to God!" sing the angels on high
now "Glory to God!" sing the angels on high

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Rejoice that a Savior from sin you can boast,
And join in the song of the heavenly host.
Rejoice that a Savior from sin you can boast,
And join in the song of the heavenly host.
The son of men came to the earth
To bring his peace into the world
The son of men came to the earth
To bring his peace into the world

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Oh holy night Stars shining bright
Follow the shepherds of Bethlehem
Angels so high, color the sky
Let us rejoice as we sing with them

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Oh holy night, let us come together
Oh holy night, let us sing forever
Oh holy night, let us come adore him
Oh holy night, let us kneel before our king
Instrumental

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oh holy night, star shining bright
follow the wise coming from afar
they saw a sign, up in the sky
oh how we long for the morning star

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Oh holy night, let us come together
Oh holy night, let us sing forever
Oh holy night, let us come adore him
Oh holy night, let us kneel before our king
Instrumental

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oh holy child, open your eyes
look how we wandered away from you
lonely you rise, up to the sky
joy to the world that has forsaken you

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Oh holy night, let us come together
Oh holy night, let us sing forever
Oh holy night, let us come adore him
Oh holy night, let us kneel before our king
Instrumental

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Lift her up, Lord, above the waves
she was too young, Lord, to die today
and everybody that knew her name
was buried deep down under the waves.

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And all of us here who just stood by
Our hearts are dark and our eyes our blind
We look away and refuse to mourn
the children drowning right off our shore.

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They say that up in the Father's house
there are many, many rooms.
Lay out the red carpet for the girl
in the pink skirt and the purple shoes.
Or if you want to play along with our record:
[Vx]
.G# C# G#
Lift her up, Lord, above the waves
.G# D#
she was too young, Lord, to die today
.C# G# C#
and everybody that knew her name
.G# C# G#
was buried deep down under the waves.

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Behold the birth of grace!
The baby in the margins
Where tears and pain subside
Salvation is among us

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For we are more flawed than we dare to believe
And we are more loved than we ever dared to hope
We welcome you, dear child

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His name will be alive!
In the darkest place on earth
With your face on his mind
Peace and love in person

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For we are more flawed than we dare to believe
And we are more loved than we ever dared to hope
We welcome you, dear child

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We welcome you dear child

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We welcome you dear child

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We welcome you dear child

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We welcome you dear child,
The greatest gift of all
The weary world rejoices

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We welcome you dear child,
The greatest gift of all
The weary world rejoices

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We welcome you dear child,
The greatest gift of all
The weary world rejoices

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After the storm, land came in sight
We set sail, but the breaking waves
Broke the ship in two

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When we washed upon the shore
Alive and well
They made a fire
To keep us all warm

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Let every heart prepare him room
Blessed are the shipwrecked
Blessed are, blessed are,
Blessed are the shipwrecked

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When a poisonous snake bit your hand
You were unharmed and threw it away
Into the flames

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We stayed to spend the winter months in their homes
They brought the sick and you healed them all

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Let every heart prepare him room
Blessed are the shipwrecked
Let every heart prepare him room
Blessed are the shipwrecked

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Blessed are, blessed are,
Blessed are the shipwrecked
Let every heart prepare him room
Blessed are the shipwrecked
Blessed are the shipwrecked
Blessed are the shipwrecked

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Oohoooooooohoohoohoo
(x4)

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If I could gather all the tears on the planet I could fill the ocean
If I would gather all a bullits in the world I could build a mountain
if I should comfort all the broken hearted I should live forever
if I gave shelter to the homeless of the earth I better build a roof from Kingston to Addis Abeba

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Come and become one of the shelter folks
Free the hungry and take the lame for a walk
(You'd better) make them not worry
Like a stable to a baby in an ancient story
Come and become one of the shelter folks

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Oohoooooooohoohoohoo
(x4)

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I and is askin' ya: join the crusade against injustice
come on and break down a heartache hotel and vank the oppressor
movin' forward - improvin' a planet, it's a Babylon exodus
let's make it happen, glory to Jah, peace on earth, it's a right vibe, it's a shelter folks modus

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Come and become one of the shelter folks
Free the hungry and take the lame for a walk
(You'd better) make them not worry
Like a stable to a baby in an ancient story
Come and become one of the shelter folks

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Oohoooooooohoohoohoo
(x4)

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Where is a lionhearts? where is a welcomin' man?
where is a Zionhearts? where is a helping hands?
ya better get up and stand up for someone else’s rights
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Flee from Babylon, from Babylon flea
Mount Zion is a place to be
come come ya shelter folks
And set the exile free!
4x

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There was a man in Jerusalem
and Simeon was his name.
He was just and devout and the spirit of God
was living strong in him.
All his life he had this dream
of Israel rebuilt.
He knew, was sure, that he would live
to see his dream fulfilled.
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In the temple of Jerusalem
by the spirit led
he took the child into his arms
he blessed the Lord and said:
Now let your servant die in peace
according to your word.
My eyes have seen what You prepared
just like we always heard.

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Baby Jesus, light of the world
here in my arms, how can it be.
Baby Jesus, comfort of Israel
for all the world to see.

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Baby Jesus, light of the world
here in my arms, how can it be.
Baby Jesus, comfort of Israel
for all the world to see.

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On the day that you were born
it was like the universe skipped a beat.
Maybe that is what you get
when the God of heaven and earth
breaks the rules.

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You tore up the sky
when you came down to us.
everything's changed
now that you're in my arms.
There's no turning back:
angels are falling...

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Angels started falling
through the cracks in the universe. (cracks in ..)
All they did was sing. (cracks in ..)
All they did was sing.
Glory, glory, glory to the God of the universe. (God of ..)
Everyting has changed. (God of ..)
Everything has changed.

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What a privilege to see
our God’s greatest masterpiece come alive.
But I wonder what it means
that you’re meant to change the course of history.

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Happy birthday, son of God
one day every knee will bow down for you.
But what mother would allow
her dear boy to save the world at all cost?

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You tore up the sky (You tore up the sky)
when you came down to us.
everything's changed (everything's changed)
now that you're in my arms.
There's no turning back (There's no turning back):
angels are falling...

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Angels started falling
through the cracks in the universe. (cracks in ..)
All they did was sing. (cracks in ..)
All they did was sing.
Glory, glory, glory to the God of the universe. (God of ..)
Everyting has changed. (God of ..)
Everything has changed.

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Angels started falling
through the cracks in the universe. (cracks in ..)
All they did was sing. (cracks in ..)
All they did was sing.
Glory, glory, glory to the God of the universe. (God of ..)
Everyting has changed. (God of ..)
Everything has changed.

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But oh how I love you baby boy
My heart’s already broken, baby boy

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Be still and come a little closer
To the kid of Bethlehem.
He's got the whole world in his hands.
We are nothing without him.

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He is the shape of life to come.
The air that fills our lungs.
No better place than at his feet.
No greater gift than this.

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His word will stand the test of time. His death will bring us life.
Where we fall short, he will be strong, until the kingdom comes.

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His light will overcome the dark. His peace will rule our hearts.
The shepherd who became a sheep. His love drives out all fear.

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Be still and come a little closer to the kid of Bethlehem.
The centre of the universe. The saviour of the world.

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Waar ligt de grens tussen mooi en lelijk
Waar ligt de grens tussen blank en zwart
Waar ligt de grens tussen schuld en onschuld
Waar ligt de grens tussen jou en mij

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Denk niet zwart wit
maar omhels alle kleuren
Denk niet zwart wit
iedereen hoort er bij
Denk niet zwart wit
want dat sluit zoveel deuren
Denk niet zwart wit
Laat je oordeel vrij

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Waar ligt de grens tussen veel en weinig
Waar ligt de grens tussen arm en rijk
Waar ligt de grens tussen God en Allah
Waar ligt de grens tussen wij en zij

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Denk niet zwart wit
maar omhels alle kleuren
Denk niet zwart wit
iedereen hoort er bij
Denk niet zwart wit
want dat sluit zoveel deuren
Denk niet zwart wit
Laat je oordeel vrij

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Zwart wit zwart wit zwart wit zwart wit (4x)

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Denk niet zwart wit
maar omhels alle kleuren
Denk niet zwart wit
iedereen hoort er bij
Denk niet zwart wit
want dat sluit zoveel deuren
Denk niet zwart wit
Laat je oordeel vrij