Released: October 12, 1993
Featuring: Alison Krauss
Songwriter: Debbie Nims Harley Allen
Producer: Keith Stegall
[Verse 1]
They came from near
They came from far
Following a distant star
To where he lay
Not being sure of what it meant
But knowing it was Heaven sent
They made there way
And the creatures gathered around
And didn't make a sound
And the angels cried
The angels knew what was to come
The reason god has sent his son from up above
It filled their hearts with joy to see
And knowing of his destiny
Came tears of love
[Chorus]
And the creatures gathered around
And didn't make a sound
And the angels cried
[Verse 2]
I've often thought about that night
And wondered if they realized that star so bright
Was sent to tell all of the land the Son of God
Would soon become the Son of Man
[Chorus]
And the creatures gathered around
And didn't make a sound
And the Angels cried [x3]
They came from near
They came from far
Following a distant star
To where he lay
Not being sure of what it meant
But knowing it was Heaven sent
They made there way
And the creatures gathered around
And didn't make a sound
And the angels cried
The angels knew what was to come
The reason god has sent his son from up above
It filled their hearts with joy to see
And knowing of his destiny
Came tears of love
[Chorus]
And the creatures gathered around
And didn't make a sound
And the angels cried
[Verse 2]
I've often thought about that night
And wondered if they realized that star so bright
Was sent to tell all of the land the Son of God
Would soon become the Son of Man
[Chorus]
And the creatures gathered around
And didn't make a sound
And the Angels cried [x3]
more tracks from the album
Honky Tonk Christmas (Deluxe Version)
- Honky Tonk Christmas
- We’re All God’s Children
- Please, Daddy (Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas)
- Santa’s Gonna Come In A Pickup Truck
- There’s A New Kid In Town
- A Holly Jolly Christmas
- Merry Christmas To Me
- I Only Want You For Christmas
- If You Don’t Wanna See Santa Claus Cry
- If We Make It Through December
- The Angels Cried
- Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
From the albums
- Honky Tonk Christmas (1993)
- Honky Tonk Christmas (Deluxe Version) (2020)
Alan Jackson popular songs
- The Older I Get
- Chattahoochee
- It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere
- Remember When
- Drive (For Daddy Gene)
- Good Time
- Where I Come From
- What A Friend We Have In Jesus
- Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)
- I Want To Stroll Over Heaven With You
- Country Boy
- The Old Rugged Cross
- Like Red On A Rose
- Midnight In Montgomery
- Freight Train
- A Million Ways To Die
- Amazing Grace
- Little Bitty
- The Blues Man
- Livin’ On Love
- Chasin’ That Neon Rainbow
- Who’s Cheatin’ Who
- Dixie Highway
- That’s What I’d Be Like Without You