Amy Grant

Children carry through the streets
A brightly painted star
Angels gather round the harp
Strumming on guitar
Men of great renown and faith
Say prayers on boulevards
It's the night before Christmas

Chorus
But you don't have to be an angel
To sing harmony
You don't have to be a child
To love a mystery
And you don't have to be a wise man
On bended knee
The heart of this Christmas
Is in you and me

The night before Christmas......
The night before Christmas......

If your heart's been longing
It's been afraid to try
Sorrow's kept you company
And the dance has passed you by
I'll lift you and blaze with you
Across the moonlit sky
On the night before Christmas

Chorus
Cause you don't have to an angel
To sing harmony
You don't have to be a child
To love a mystery
And you don't have to be a wise man
On bended knee
The heart of this Christmas
Is in you and me
The heart of this Christmas
Is in you and me

The night before Christmas......
The night before Christmas......

By the time Amy Grant was nineteen, she was Contemporary Christian music’s most celebrated singer. Grant grew up in the Church of Christ where she sang for God two nights a week. As a teen, she decided to pursue a career in music, writing her first song while attending devotional meetings at her high school.

Grant recorded a demo while working as an intern at a recording studio and the owner was so impressed he signed her to his own label and released her first album Amy Grant in 1977. It spawned three top 10 songs on Billboard’s Christian Songs chart.

The following year, Grant began touring while balancing college studies. Her second album My Father’s Eyes was released in April 1979. At its record release party, she met future first husband gospel singer Gary Chapman. He’d written its title track, and it would become her first of many Christian Songs Chart-toppers. Her third album Never Alone came out in 1981 and features the #3 Christian Songs hit “Look What Has Happened To Me”.

more tracks from the album

Home for Christmas

From the album

Home for Christmas (1992)

Amy Grant popular songs

The Night Before ChristmasAmy Grant

Amy Grant

Home for Christmas