Johnny Cash - Narration lyrics

Silent Night - that means Christmas to some people Here comes Santa Claus here comes Santa Claus That means Christmas to some people A lot of people from different parts of the country and all over the world Have different ways of celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ The prophets of old had foretold of his comin' for four thousand years And a lot of people say that the wise men from the East were probably astronomers That may have studied the stars and knew that the new star that was gonna To appear in the East the time of it was at hand A lot of others of course say that they were told by God That the star was about to appear so they could begin their long journey From the East and where was the East Some people say it could have been India some people speculate That one of the wise men came from as far away as Korea all away cross Asia And he must have been a comin' for many months maybe Maybe even years to get to the place where that new star That was to hang over that manger in the town of Bethlehem Ten miles from Jerusalem Whatever the shepherds came in from the fields And you know it's really somethin' that a shepherd would leave his flock To come in for anything because that was really about a crime for a man to do That was shepherd to leave his flock of sheep And come in for anything because the sheep were man's lively hood The milk and the meat and the wool for the clothing It really took something for a shepherd to leave a flock And there were a lot of 'em that did it and came in to worship the new baby Jesus That was born in the manger The wise men came bearing gifts of gold frankincense and myrrh And they brought them and laid them at the foot of the manger where Jesus lay And you know the voice of God so the scriptures say According to the scriptures had been silent for four hundred years There had not been a divinely inspired prophet for four hundred years And all of a sudden you can imagine what kind of night it must have been For a new star to suddenly appear out of the heavens And shepherds to leave their flock and men Wealthy lookin' strangers come in from the East And all of a sudden on top of all that a heavenly choir to start to singin' Singin' voices from heaven,singing words that they understood Words like peace on Earth good will to men - what a night it must have been