I
HAVE AN OLD, OLD STORY. IT HAPPENED LONG AGO.
IT'S
THE BEST STORY THAT'S EVER BEEN TOLD.
A
CHILD WAS BORN TO MARY, A VIRGIN BIRTH YOU SEE.
IT
WAS GOD COME DOWN TO THIS EARTH TO SAVE YOU AND ME.
CHORUS
IT'S
AN OLD, OLD STORY, BUT THE VERY BEST ONE,
HOW
GOD CHOSE TO SAVE THE WORLD WITH HIS ONE AND ONLY SON.
AN
ANGEL CAME TO MARY; TOLD HER THE GOOD NEWS.
HER
SIMPLE, HUMBLE FAITH IN GOD WAS WHY HE DID CHOOSE.
CHRIST
WAS BORN IN BETHLEHEM IN A HUMBLE STALL.
SIMPLE
SHEPHERDS WORSHIPPED HIM; HE CAME TO SAVE US ALL.
CHORUS
A
SIGN CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN; A STAR SHONE IN THE SKY.
IT
LED THREE WISE MEN WITH THEIR GIFTS TO THE PLACE WHERE HE DID LIE.
THEY
KNELT DOWN TO WORSHIP HIM; HEAR THE ANGELS SING:
“GLORY
HALLELUJAH, BLESSED SAVIOR AND OUR KING!”
CHORUS
MIRACLE
UPON MIRACLE, THE PEOPLE STOOD IN AWE.
JESUS
CAME TO THIS WORLD THAT WE MIGHT KNOW OUR GOD.
BUT
PEOPLE CAN BE IGNORANT; THEY HUNG HIM ON A TREE.
THERE
HE BLED AND DIED, JUST TO SAVE YOU AND ME.
CHORUS
MY
STORY IS NOT ENDED; IT'S ONLY JUST BEGUN,
FOR
IN THREE DAY'S TIME GOD RAISED UP HIS ONLY SON.
WHO
IS, WHO WAS, WHO IS TO COME,
FOREVER
AND EVER, GOD'S ONE AND ONLY SON.