IN AN OLD CITY BAR   THAT IS NEVER TOO FAR   FROM THE PLACES THAT GATHER   THE DREAMS THAT HAVE BEEN     IN THE SAFETY OF NIGHT   WITH IT'S OLD NEON LIGHT   IT BECKONS TO STRANGERS   AND THEY ALWAYS COME IN     AND THE SNOW IT WAS FALLING   THE NEON WAS CALLING   THE MUSIC WAS LOW   AND THE NIGHT CHRISTMAS EVE     AND HERE WAS THE DANGER   THAT EVEN WITH STRANGERS   INSIDE OF THIS NIGHT   IT WAS EASIER TO BELIEVE     FOR IT WAS INTO THIS BAR   THAT I HAPPENED TO WANDER   TO STARE INTO A GLASS   AND MY UNIVERSE PONDER     SO I WALKED UP TO THE COUNTER   SHOOK THE SNOW OFF MY COAT   THEN I ORDERED A WHISKEY   THAT I USED LIKE A MOAT     BUT AN OLD MAN SOON JOINED ME   AND ASKED IF I KNEW THE TIME   ONE WORD LED TO ANOTHER   AND SOMEHOW I DIDN'T MIND     THEN HE OFFERED A DRINK   FROM A BOTTLE 'NEATH HIS COAT   AND HE SMILED A LITTLE SMILE   AS IT TRICKLED DOWN MY THROAT     AND I FELT MYSELF RELAXING   HERE AMONG THE GHOSTS THAT FAILED   THEN THE OLD MAN TOPPED MY GLASS OFF   AND BEGAN THIS LITTLE TALE     IN THE MOMENTS OF OUR LIVES   BOTH THE JOYOUS AND THE TRAGIC   IF THE TRUTH IS TO BE TOLD   WE ARE ALL PURSUING MAGIC     AND THE MAGIC THAT WE SEEK   AS WE'RE SURE YOU HAVE DISCOVERED   CAN BE FOUND IN CERTAIN PLACES   FAR MORE EASILY THAN OTHERS     IN THE SAND BENEATH THE SPHINX   IN THE DREAMS OF CANDLELIGHT   BUT THE SUREST PLACE OF ALL   IS IN THE FORGIVING WORLD OF NIGHT     AND OF ALL THE NIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR   THAT COME AND GENTLY LEAVE   NONE HOLD THE DREAM OF MAGIC   LIKE THE EVENING, CHRISTMAS EVE     AND SO IT'S ON THIS NIGHT   WITH IT'S PROMISE DEEP WITHIN   AS THE SNOW NOW STARTS TO FALL   OUR STORY DOES BEGIN     An angel came down   One night to the earth   A mission from God   To find out the worth     Of everything that   His children had done   Since that winter night   The birth of His son     And then a sound filled the night   In the cold winter air   And in the midst of his flight   It was holding him there   And as he looked toward the earth   For the source of this sound   On that cold winter night   It was pulling him down     To bring something back   This angel was told   That no one could touch   But angels could hold     So on that night   When the sky had cleared   Among all the stars   An angel appeared     And then a sound filled the night   In the cold winter air   And in the midst of his flight   It was holding him there   And as he looked towards the earth   For the source of this sound   On that cold winter night   It was pulling him down     And then a sound filled the night   In the cold winter air   And in the midst of his flight   It was holding him there   And as he looked towards the earth   For the source of this sound   On that cold winter night   It was pulling him down