Good King Joy

Joy to the world
The Lord has come
Let earth
Receive her king.

Now it was long ago
When it all began
Back in Bethlehem
In the promised land.

When a single star
Appeared in the sky
And three kings saw
And they each asked why
Asked why...

And they checked the books
Full of prophecy
And the one king said
Why it's plain to me.

You see it means
That a king is born
Who will save mankind
On this blessed morn
Blessed morn...

So they packed some gold
Myrrh and frankincense
On some old camel
With some fancy tents.

Closed down the house
Set the servants free
And three kings rode
Into history
History...

It was long ago
In a foreign land
When the Lord looked down
Said to make a stand
So He sent His son
And said, 'through him you'll know me!'
You'll know me.

Then the angels came
And when they start to sing
All at once the past.

It doesn't mean a thing
And the star comes out
And the wise men say, Hey show me!
Oh, show me.

And they followed it
Over hills and sand
Til' they found the child
Like it all was planned
And as they knelt before
The newborn king.

The angel's were singing
In their angel style
How all of our hopes
Had come down to this child.