Day 25 of 37 Days of Christmas 2024 – A New World ‘Wakens

A New World ‘Wakens
Lyric and Music by Douglas
                                   Eltzroth
 
Lighted windows flicker off to sleep
Children’s giggles drift into the night
Herdsmen bed their cattle
Shepherds count their sheep
Birds hush their singing
Mothers hum their lullabies
A hawk circles over old friends 
Just reacquainted with old times
An olive leave falls to a moonlit stream
Bethlehem hangs up her clothes puts on her dreams
 
REFRAIN
Angels comfort frightened shepherds
A star burns brightly in the sky
The sun moves upward 
The horizon blinks and stretches
And a new world ‘wakens to a baby’s cry
Yes, a new world ‘wakens to a baby’s cry
 
Western sky has lost its color now
The doors are locked the windows barred
The evening prayers have all grown silent now
The outside lamppost casts dark shadows on the yard
Two young lovers end their kissing
A tired grandpa starts to snore
The eldest son has banked the fire coals
Bethlehem tucks in her weariness once more
 
REFAIN
 
© 1988 Douglas C. Eltzroth c/o http://www.collage.org