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All the streets are filled with laughter and light

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and the music of the season

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and the merchant's windows are all bright

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with the faces of the children

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and the families hurry into their homes

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as the sky darkens and freezes

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We'll be gathering around our hearths and tables

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Giving thanks for God's graces

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and the birth of the rebel Jesus



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Well they call him by the Prince of Peace

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And they call him by the Savior

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and they pray to Him upon the seats

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and in every bold endeavor

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and they fill His chuches with their pride and gold 

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as their faith in Him increases

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but they've turned the nature that I worship in 

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from a temple to a robber's den

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in the words of the rebel Jesus 



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We guard our world with locks and guns

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and we guard our fine posessions

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and once a year when christmas comes 

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we give to our relations

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and perhaps we give a little to the poor

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if the generosity should seize us 

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but if anyone of us should interfere 

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in the business of why there are poor

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we'll get the same as the rebel Jesus


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but pardon me if I have seemed

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to take the tone of judgment

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for I've no wish to come between

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this day and your enjoyment

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in a life of hardship and of earthly toil

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there's a need for anything that frees us

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So I bid you pleasure and I bid you cheer

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from a heathen and a pagan


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on the side of the rebel Jesus