Bruce Cockburn - Cry Of A Tiny Babe lyrics
[Bruce Cockburn - Cry Of A Tiny Babe lyrics]
Mary grows a child without the help of a man
Joseph gets upset because
He doesn't understand
Angel comes to Joseph in a powerful dream
Says "God did this
And you're part of his scheme"
Joseph comes to Mary with his hat in his hand
Says, "Forgive me
I thought you'd been with some other man"
She say, "What if I had been? But
I wasn't anyway
And guess what? I felt the baby kick today"
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe
The child is born in the fullness of time
Three wise astrologers take note of the signs
Come to pay their respects to
The fragile little king
Get pretty close to wrecking everything
'Cause the governing body of the Holy Land
Is that of Herod, a paranoid man
Who when he hears there's a baby
Born King of the Jews
Sends death squads to kill all
Male children under two
But that same bright angel warns
The parents in a dream
And they head out for the
Border and get away clean
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe
And there are others who know
About this miracle birth
The humblest of people catch a
Glimpse of their worth
For it isn't to the palace
That the Christ child comes
But to shepherds and street people
Hookers and bums and the message is clear if
You have ears to hear
That forgiveness is given for your
Guilt and your fears
It's a Christmas gift that you
Don't have to buy
There's a future shining in a baby's eye
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe
Joseph gets upset because
He doesn't understand
Angel comes to Joseph in a powerful dream
Says "God did this
And you're part of his scheme"
Joseph comes to Mary with his hat in his hand
Says, "Forgive me
I thought you'd been with some other man"
She say, "What if I had been? But
I wasn't anyway
And guess what? I felt the baby kick today"
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe
The child is born in the fullness of time
Three wise astrologers take note of the signs
Come to pay their respects to
The fragile little king
Get pretty close to wrecking everything
'Cause the governing body of the Holy Land
Is that of Herod, a paranoid man
Who when he hears there's a baby
Born King of the Jews
Sends death squads to kill all
Male children under two
But that same bright angel warns
The parents in a dream
And they head out for the
Border and get away clean
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe
And there are others who know
About this miracle birth
The humblest of people catch a
Glimpse of their worth
For it isn't to the palace
That the Christ child comes
But to shepherds and street people
Hookers and bums and the message is clear if
You have ears to hear
That forgiveness is given for your
Guilt and your fears
It's a Christmas gift that you
Don't have to buy
There's a future shining in a baby's eye
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe