The Manger

Intro
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Verse 1
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They’re putting decorations up
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In front of my old church
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The shepherds and the wise men and the hay
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There’s Joseph and his Mary lookin’
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Down at Heaven’s birth
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And the angel’s saying: Don’t you be afraid
Verse 2
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It makes me stop and think about how
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You showed up down here
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In a humble bed made of nails and wood
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You could have picked a palace
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Something more fit for a  King
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But then the story wouldn’t be as good
Chorus
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From the highest of the high
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To the lowest of the low
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That stable tells a story of
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The distance You will go
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For the lonely and the lost
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There’s no sinner too far gone
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To find a Savior
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Lying in the manger
Verse 3
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There’s a star up in the sky that’s
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Calling all the least of these
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Come make your way to where your hope is found
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If I’m honest some days I feel
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Too far out of reach
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But the manger reminds me love reached down
REPEAT CHORUS
Turnaround
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Oh   oh   oh
Verse 4
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You were carried by a manger and just
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Thirty-three years later
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By a rugged cross made from nails and wood
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And the tears fill up my eyes
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You didn’t have to give Your life
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But then the story wouldn’t be as good
REPEAT CHORUS
Turnaround
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Tag
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Away in a manger, no crib for a bed
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The little Lord Jesus lay down His sweet head
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The stars in the sky look down where He lay
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The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay