Lyrics Opening Dialogue.lrc Johnny Cash
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[ar: Johnny Cash]
[al: The Complete Columbia Album Collection]
[ti: Opening Dialogue]
[length: 02:42]
[00:01.73]Silent Night – that means Christmas to some people
[00:06.40]Here comes Santa Claus here comes Santa Claus
[00:08.63]That means Christmas to some people
[00:11.70]A lot of people from different parts of the country and all over the world
[00:14.52]Have different ways of celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ
[00:25.53]The prophets of old had foretold of his comin’ for four thousand years
[00:31.04]And a lot of people say that the wise men from the East were probably astronomers
[00:36.84]That may have studied the stars and knew that the new star that was gonna
[00:41.01]Appear in the East the time of it was at hand
[00:43.96]A lot of others of course say that they were told by God
[00:48.38]That the star was about to appear so they could begin their long journey
[00:52.76]From the East and where was the East
[00:54.89]Some people say it could have been India some people speculate
[00:58.07]That one of the wise men came from as far away as Korea all the way across Asia
[01:03.15]And he must have been a comin’ for many months maybe
[01:06.08]Maybe even years to get to the place where that new star
[01:11.04]That was to hang over that manger in the town of Bethlehem
[01:14.62]Ten miles from Jerusalem
[01:18.02]Whatever the shepherds came in from the fields
[01:22.38]And you know it’s really somethin’ that a shepherd would leave his flock
[01:25.57]To come in for anything because that was really about a crime for a man to do
[01:30.94]That was a shepherd to leave his flock of sheep
[01:34.46]And come in for anything because the sheep were man’s livelihood
[01:38.45]The milk and the meat and the wool for the clothing
[01:43.24]It really took something for a shepherd to leave a flock
[01:45.50]And there were a lot of ’em that did it and came in to worship
[01:48.56]The new baby Jesus that was born in the manger
[01:51.61]The wise men came bearing gifts of gold frankincense and myrrh
[01:56.57]And they brought them and laid them at the foot of the manger where Jesus lay
[02:02.03]And you know the voice of God so the scriptures say
[02:05.28]According to the scriptures had been silent for four hundred years
[02:08.61]There had not been a divinely inspired prophet for four hundred years
[02:13.15]And all of a sudden you can imagine what kind of night it must have been
[02:16.42]For a new star to suddenly appear out of the heavens
[02:21.01]And shepherds to leave their flock and men
[02:23.86]Wealthy lookin’ strangers come in from the East
[02:26.36]And all of a sudden on top of all that for a heavenly choir to start to singin’
[02:33.55]Singin’ voices from Heaven, singing words that they understood
[02:36.91]Words like peace on Earth goodwill to men, what a night it must have been
[02:41.97]Year of Release: 1972