IN AN OLD CITY BAR
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THAT IS NEVER TOO FAR
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FROM THE PLACES THAT GATHER
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THE DREAMS THAT HAVE BEEN
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IN THE SAFETY OF NIGHT
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WITH IT’S OLD NEON LIGHT
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IT BECKONS TO STRANGERS
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AND THEY ALWAYS COME IN
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AND THE SNOW IT WAS FALLING
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THE NEON WAS CALLING
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THE MUSIC WAS LOW
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AND THE NIGHT CHRISTMAS EVE
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AND HERE WAS THE DANGER
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THAT EVEN WITH STRANGERS
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INSIDE OF THIS NIGHT
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IT WAS EASIER TO BELIEVE
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FOR IT WAS INTO THIS BAR
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THAT I HAPPENED TO WANDER
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TO STARE INTO A GLASS
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AND MY UNIVERSE PONDER
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SO I WALKED UP TO THE COUNTER
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SHOOK THE SNOW OFF MY COAT
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THEN I ORDERED A WHISKEY
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THAT I USED LIKE A MOAT
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BUT AN OLD MAN SOON JOINED ME
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AND ASKED IF I KNEW THE TIME
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ONE WORD LED TO ANOTHER
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AND SOMEHOW I DIDN’T MIND
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THEN HE OFFERED A DRINK
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FROM A BOTTLE 'NEATH HIS COAT
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AND HE SMILED A LITTLE SMILE
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AS IT TRICKLED DOWN MY THROAT
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AND I FELT MYSELF RELAXING
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HERE AMONG THE GHOSTS THAT FAILED
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THEN THE OLD MAN TOPPED MY GLASS OFF
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AND BEGAN THIS LITTLE TALE
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IN THE MOMENTS OF OUR LIVES
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BOTH THE JOYOUS AND THE TRAGIC
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IF THE TRUTH IS TO BE TOLD
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WE ARE ALL PURSUING MAGIC
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AND THE MAGIC THAT WE SEEK
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AS WE’RE SURE YOU HAVE DISCOVERED
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CAN BE FOUND IN CERTAIN PLACES
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FAR MORE EASILY THAN OTHERS
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IN THE SAND BENEATH THE SPHINX
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IN THE DREAMS OF CANDLELIGHT
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BUT THE SUREST PLACE OF ALL
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IS IN THE FORGIVING WORLD OF NIGHT
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AND OF ALL THE NIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
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THAT COME AND GENTLY LEAVE
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NONE HOLD THE DREAM OF MAGIC
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LIKE THE EVENING, CHRISTMAS EVE
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AND SO IT’S ON THIS NIGHT
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WITH IT’S PROMISE DEEP WITHIN
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AS THE SNOW NOW STARTS TO FALL
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OUR STORY DOES BEGIN
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An angel came down
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One night to the earth
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A mission from God
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To find out the worth
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Of everything that
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His children had done
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Since that winter night
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The birth of His son
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And then a sound filled the night
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In the cold winter air
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And in the midst of his flight
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It was holding him there
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And as he looked toward the earth
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For the source of this sound
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On that cold winter night
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It was pulling him down
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To bring something back
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This angel was told
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That no one could touch
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But angels could hold
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So on that night
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When the sky had cleared
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Among all the stars
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An angel appeared
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And then a sound filled the night
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In the cold winter air
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And in the midst of his flight
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It was holding him there
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And as he looked towards the earth
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For the source of this sound
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On that cold winter night
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It was pulling him down
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And then a sound filled the night
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In the cold winter air
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And in the midst of his flight
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It was holding him there
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And as he looked towards the earth
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For the source of this sound
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On that cold winter night
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It was pulling him down |