Bruce Cockburn Cry Of A Tiny Babe Lyrics

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 your 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 says 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 getaway 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 shepards 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