Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song How Did We Live Before Christmas?, artist - Mark Lowry
Date of issue: 30.09.2004
Song language: English
How Did We Live Before Christmas? |
Christmas comes but once a year, |
But what if it came more often? |
It would bankrupt the economy, |
Snow would surely wreck the ecology, |
Kids would sing Jingle Bells till we’re up a tree |
And drive us to an early coffin |
Christmas is a yearly thing, |
and I’m really glad that it’s so |
If it came around every other week, |
we’d be so tired we could hardly speak |
Our checkbooks would be up a creek |
And we’d have to shorten ole Santa to just one «Ho!» |
Yes, once a year it rolls around, |
on the 25th day of December |
Bringing cheery songs with cheery rhymes, |
and shopping sprees that pass the time |
We have to stand in those weary lines, |
and there’s always someone I forget to remember |
But think with me for just a while, |
of a time before there was Christmas |
The time before the angels sang, |
the time before the wise men came |
The time before we knew His name |
How did we live before Christmas? |
The days before the stars so bright, |
the years before that Silent Night |
Before the Savior brought the light, |
How did we live before Christmas? |
Did little children ever sing? |
Did silver bells refuse to ring? |
Did Hosannahs ever crown the king? |
How did we live before Christmas? |
Did winter’s chill make faces glow? |
Did lovers kiss 'neath mistletoe? |
Try as I might, I’ll never know |
How did we live before Christmas? |
A virgin bore the blessed gift of Christmas long ago |
All heaven wrapped in swaddling clothes |
Pure Deity from head to toe |
A baby boy with heaven’s glow |
How did we live before Christmas? |
So, Christmas isn’t gifts and toys |
Or waiting on St. Nicholas |
Christmas is a Savior’s birth |
A gift from heaven sent to earth |
To show the world just what it’s worth. |
How did we live before Christmas? |