| From a dark desert highway we pulled into the inn
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| Rome called for a census, I was from Bethlehem
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| Up above from a distance a star was giving me light
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| My wife was heavy cause her child was due
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| We had to stop for the night
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| So I stood in the doorway of Bethlehem hotel
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| And I was thinking to myself «I hope to heaven they’ll give me some help»
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| But they told us no-can-do and they sent me away
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| «There's a place around the corner though where you both can stay»
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| Welcome, but the hotel can’t afford ya
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| Such a lovely place but we’re out of space
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| Ran out of room and the hotel can’t afford ya
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| It’s the time of year with the census here
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| My wife was definitely gifted, that’s what the Lord’s angel said
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| She was about to have a baby boy while still virgin
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| Spent the night in the barnyard, cheap slumlord’s rent
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| Some night to remember, some night to forget
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| So because of what happened I was grieving for my wife
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| I said «They probably haven’t cleaned in here since B.C. |
| 65»
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| Animal voices were calling for straw and hay
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| Keeping you up through the middle of the night just as if to say…
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| Welcome, but the hotel can’t afford ya
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| Such a lovely place, but we’re out of space
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| Holiday rush and the hotel can’t afford ya
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| What a nice surprise for your silent night
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| He was born that evening and shepherds came that night
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| And they said «We're all just visitors here of the Holy Christ»
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| And in an ass’s manger, they found the boy asleep
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| They started getting teary eyed so they went back to their sheep
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| Last thing I remember there were wise men at the door
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| They had a bunch of packages from the place they were before
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| «We're late,» said the wise men «We had problems Christmas Eve
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| We’ve been checking out your shiny light all through the Middle East» |