The Christmas Star

(from the Off-Broadway Musical O Night Divine, co-written with Blaze Kelly Coyle)

IN ANOTHER TIME AND PLACE,
THERE LIVES A MAN, HIS WIFE, THEY HOPE AND PRAY
THAT THEY WILL SAFELY FIND A WAY.
THEY'VE COME TO BETHLEHEM,
THE ROAD’S NOT BEEN KIND TO THEM,
STILL THEY TRAVEL BOTH THE NIGHT AND DAY.

THIS MAN CARES FOR HIS WIFE SO YOUNG,
THE TIME WILL COME FOR HER TO BEAR A SON,
THEIR LIVES HAVE ONLY JUST BEGUN.
THEY'LL NEED EACH OTHER COME WHAT MAY.
TO KNOW A LOVE SO TRUE,
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO,
IS OPEN YOUR HEART TO THE CHRISTMAS STAR.

LET ITS LIGHT BURN BRIGHTLY IN THE DARKNESS OF YOUR LIFE.
LET ITS LOVING GLOW EASE ALL YOUR WEARY PAIN AND STRIFE.
LET THE LIGHT REMIND YOU OF HIS EVER LASTING LOVE.
IF YOU EVER FEEL YOU’RE LOST, JUST LOOK ABOVE.

SHEPHERDS IN THE FIELDS TONIGHT
TENDING THEIR FLOCKS WHEN THEY ALL SAW A LIGHT
SO COME AND SEE A WONDROUS SIGHT.
ANGELS SINGING, HE'S THE KING OF KINGS!
TO SHARE A LOVE SO TRUE
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
IS OPEN YOUR HEART TO THE CHRISTMAS STAR.