No one seemed to notice the man beside the road   He was just a ragged soldier out there in the cold   But he seemed to have a purpose only known to him   As he walked along the streets that night through the town of Bethlehem      In his head he held a memory of all the wars he'd known   In his hand he clutched a medal for the bravery he'd shown   And the weight of every battle he caried in his heart   But his eyes were clear and searching for a manger in the dark      Some are born to greatness, some are born to fall   Some are bound to be forgotten like they never lived at all   But we're all born to know him and stand befor his light   Like the soldier who found his king tonight      He had marched for politicians, served under their command   And he fought for all the causes that he did not understand   But it was something deep inside him now that led him on his way   With a single star to guide him to were the baby lay      Some are born to greatness, some are born to fall   Some are bound to be forgotten like they never lived at all   But we're all born to know him and stand befor his light   Like the soldier who found his king tonight      He stood before the son of God, come to pay our debt   He smiled up at the soldier that the world would soon forget   So he held out his medal and said this for you I bring   There he swore aligiance to the newborn baby king      Some are born to greatness, some are born to fall   Some are bound to be forgotten like they never lived at all   But we're all born to know him and stand befor his light   Like the soldier who found his king tonight