She lit a candle in a downtown cathedral   Quietly confessing, counting on a blessing   She looked as if she had nowhere to go   I could see her weeping   Hands together hoping you would hear...      This is the time of year   We hold our families near   But God let us be a friend to the hurting      Oh Emmanuel, God with us   Spirit revealed in us   That we may be your hope to the world   Oh Emmanuel, God with us   With a light to break the darkness   That we may show your hope to the world   Emmanuel, God with us   Be God in us      I moved in closer just so I could see her face   Maybe she was a mother   Someone's only daughter   Her silver hair shimmered like the snow   Christmas bells were ringing   Now beside her kneeling I asked her name      (And she said)   This was the time of year   I had my family near   But they've all gone and I have been so lonely   (Chorus)      So with my family that Christmas day   A girl of sixty years would laugh and play   And as we watched her dance our eyes were full of tears...   (chours)