Tuesday, December 24, 2013

"American Noel" -- Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer

From the late Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer.

First the lyrics:

Three wise men
Riding hard through the cold
Lost on some big city street
With no place warm to go
They are looking for a manger
Or a sign in the lights
But they're a long way from Bethlehem tonight  


But they heard about a savior
And a preacher in the)park
Who will camp with the homeless
Where they shiver in the dark
He'll deliver salvation
To the weary and the cold

And he'll bring joy joy joy to the wandering sou

The cleaning lady sighs
As she closes up the gate
'Cause this job don't quite pay the bills
And she's always working late
But all in a moment
Comes a light from above
It's an angel speaking words of joy and love 


And he tells her of a savior
And a preacher in the park
Who will camp with the homeless
Under bridges in the dark
He'll deliver salvation
To the weary and the cold
And he'll bring )oy joy joy to the wandering soul  


Four in the morning
At the Tradewinds Motel
The register reads "all full up"
And the clerk thinks just as well
But out in the tool shed
'Round an old Coleman lamp
A little family makes its meager camp 

The Wise Men bring presents
And the angels gather round
The cleaning lady slips in through the door without a sound
And an old black dog
Looks on with the rest
At the little babe up on his mother's breast


And there comes a savior
And a preacher in the park
And he camps with the homeless
Where they shiver in the dark
He delivers salvation
To the weary and the cold
And he brings joy joy joy to the wandering soul 
And he brings joy joy joy to the wandering soul 


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