This Little Child
Scott Wesley Brown
WHO WOULD OF THOUGHT
THAT LONG AGO,
SO VERY FAR AWAY
A LITTLE CHILD WOULD BE BORN
AND IN A MANGER LAID
AND WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
THIS LITTLE CHILD
WAS BORN THE KING OF KINGS
THE SON OF JUST A CARPENTER
BUT FOR WHOM THE ANGELS SING
AND WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
THAT AS HE GREW
AND WITH OTHER
CHILDREN PLAYED
THIS CHILD WITH WHOM
THEY LAUGHED AND SANG
WOULD DIE FOR THEM SOME DAY
AND WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
THIS LITTLE CHILD
COULD MAKE A BLIND MAN SEE
FEED THE HUNGRY,
MAKE RICH THE POOR
AND SET THE SINNER FREE
OH, WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
THIS LITTLE CHILD
WAS WHO THE PROPHETS SAID
WOULD TAKE AWAY THE SINS OF MAN
AND RISE UP FROM THE DEAD
OH, I BELIEVE AND I
WILL ALWAYS SING
THIS LITTLE CHILD
IS THE KING
OH, I BELIEVE AND I
WILL ALWAYS SING
THIS LITTLE CHILD
HE IS THE KING OF KINGS
MANY YEARS HAVE COME AND GONE
YET THIS WORLD REMAINS THE SAME
EMPIRES HAVE BEEN BUILT AND FALLEN
ONLY TIME HAS MADE A CHANGE
NATION AGAINST NATION
BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER
MEN SO FILLED WITH HATRED
KILLING ONE ANOTHER
AND OVER HALF
THE WORLD IS STARVING
WHILE OUR BANNER OF DECENCY
IS TORN
DEBATING OVER DISARMAMENT
KILLING CHILDREN
BEFORE THEY'RE BORN
AND FOOLS WHO MARCH
TO WIN THE RIGHT
TO JUSTIFY THEIR SIN
OH, EVERY NATION
THAT HAS FALLEN
HAS FALLEN FROM WITHIN
YET IN THE MIDST OF THIS DARKNESS
THERE IS A HOPE, A LIGHT THAT BURNS
THIS LITTLE CHILD, THE KING OF KINGS
SOMEDAY WILL RETURN
AND I BELIEVE AND I
WILL ALWAYS SING
THIS LITTLE CHILD
IS THE KING
AND I BELIEVE AND I
WILL ALWAYS SING
THIS LITTLE CHILD
HE IS THE KING OF KINGS
AND WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
THIS LITTLE CHILD
IS WHO THE PROPHETS SAID
WILL RETURN TO JUDGE THIS WORLD
THE LIVING AND THE DEAD
OH, CAN'T YOU SEE
THAT LONG AGO,
SO VERY FAR AWAY
THIS LITTLE CHILD OUR ONLY HOPE
WAS BORN A KING THAT DAY