Bethlehem

A million miles from Palestine
Love waits in an old man's eyes,
And walking through each darkened avenue
Are angels in disguise.
Beneath the tower blocks is rising
A light too strong to die,
Of God embracing human hearts
And waiting for you and I.

How silently, how silently
You call our hands to care
For all the shattered broken hearts
Of people standing here.
You know our silent longings,
The hot tears we have cried.
Our hopes, our hurts, our desperate search
For truth within the lies.

The bright stars of the universe
Still dance to the baby's cry
And every atom in the Earth
Is praising God on high
For Christ has kissed our human lives
Within a baby's breath
And God was born to humankind
To rescue us from death.