Good King Joy Lyrics

Good King Joy lyrics

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 







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 







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 







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!' 







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! 







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







Then he reached for the song



And he held it in his hand



(It was something that he did



Because angels can)







And he wondered to himself



"Is this the answer that I sought"



But something was still missing



Or at least so he still thought 







And so he journeyed on



Through the midnight winter air



When all at once our angel 



Felt the touch of a man's prayer 







And looking once more to the earth



To determine whence it came



He felt a million souls below



But one was not the same 







For there he saw a man alone 



Though he was walking in a crowd



And though this man had rarely prayed



Tonight his head was bowed 







For even in a crowd, you see



A heart can feel alone



When the night is Christmas Eve



A child is not at home 







So from a father to the Lord



A prayer did swiftly race



But the angel saw it first



And he listened to its case