The Three Kings And I (what Really Happened) Lyrics

The Three Kings And I (what Really Happened) lyrics

O Holy night



The stars are brightly shining



It is the night of our dear savior's birth 







Now you all heard the story about Bethlehem



How the child was born and the three wise men



Heard the preacher tell it like the preacher does



But let me tell you, children, 



That's not how it was 







Now you might ask me what I'm talking about



But I know the part that they all left out 







Now do you hear what I said



That Herod wanted those wise men dead



But on that blessed evening



My great great great great great great granddad



He saved those kings 







Now granddad made his living 



Playing jazz you see



But jazz wasn't big around one A.D.



So he got himself a job in the palace band



Where he heard about three kings 



In the desert sand 







Let me tell you children that at any time



Three kings in the desert that's a real rare find 







But Herod heard of it too



And when he heard his curiosity grew



So he asked those kings to drop by



And my great great great great great great 



Granddad



He wondered why







So the Magi told old Herod 



That they had come here



To find a newborn king of kings 



Who'd heal our sins



Then herod told his guards 



To follow those Magi



And that the only king around here 



Was gonna' be him







Then he told his soldiers as I recall



When they found that child, to kill them all



But granddad overheard what Herod said



And he had to act fast or else they'd all be dead







So granddad got to those kings



Filled them in on the plan, told them everything



When they heard what he had in store



They grabbed the gold



The frankincense



The myrrh, the jewels



The desert tents



And when they found



His plan was sound



They followed granddad out the back door







And what a night



It must have been



But when God is on your side



You kinda' know that in the end 



You're gonna win







They traveled fast



They traveled far



And in the end they found 



That they were standing with the Child 



Beneath the star







Hallelujah



Hallelujah



Hallelujah



Hallelujah



Hallelujah



Hallelujah







And so you see we've reached the end 



Of our story



When granddad and the kings 



Reached that stable on the hill



And while I said that 



Three kings in the desert is a rare sight



Angels singing in the desert that's far rarer still







Now I ain't sayin' that the bible was wrong



But ya' see the whole tale 



Would have taken too long



'Cause way back then in the promised land



Every copy they sold, 



It had to be written by hand







And granddad lived a long life



Stayed friends with those kings 



And found a good wife



And eventually I came along



But that my children



That my children



That's another song







The next letter included a receipt



For one toy stuffed bear



Donating it to a small thrift shop



But somehow it was left there 







For attics have their secrets



And toys will have theirs, too



Like who once held or loved them



When they last were new 







Whether they were made of metal



Or they were cotton stuffed



Or how they had been left here 



When they were not enough 







And so it's here that they must wait 



Between reality and dream



Hoping all will be remembered



And that all can be redeemed 







Then in the sound of the wind 



Whistling through a door



She thought she heard the sound of children



That had held this toy before 







And she then thought to herself



As she now held it in her hand



That no one could save all the world 



But we should save who we can 







So she placed it near her candle



For she had decided in her mind



That when she left this attic



He would not be left behind