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   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   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   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!'   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!   Oh, 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   "IT 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