Intro
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[Verse 1]
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We dim the light We stoke the fire
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We breathe the evergreen Young ones wait
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While the old ones make up Tales of how it used to be
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China dolls Candy corn
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Painted wooden toys
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Treasures found To the wondrous sound
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Of caroling the Savior Born to us on Christmas morn.
[Chorus]
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Emmanuel, God with us Emmanuel
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Emmanuel, God with us The son of Israel
[Verse 2]
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And still he calls Through the night
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Beyond the days of old
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D voice of peace To the weary ones
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Who struggle with the human soul
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All of us Travelers Through a given time
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Who can know What tomorrow holds?
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But over the horizon Surely you and I will find
[Bridge]
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And the years they come And the years they go
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Though we may forget somehow
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That the child once born in Bethlehem
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Is still among us now