Krista Detor - Awake The Voice lyrics

AWAKE THE VOICE © Krista Detor, The Silver Wood: Wintersongs Based on the carol by Robert Herrick I never saw so many cars downtown Never saw so many Christmas trees and all around, people everywhere But the world is better for it — all the traffic there Never heard so many violins in the stores Never heard so many ringing bells at the front doors — Salvation Army red But the world is better for the noise and the funny hat on your head Angels fall a distance that is not so far from here In stores and on the sidewalks with us, They keep the memory near of flying While they walk among us And the world is better for this And the world is better for this They whisper, ‘Merry Christmas...' Never saw so many Santas on display Never saw so many mangers and snowmen And candy canes in the shopping malls But the world is better for it, if you look past it all Angels fall a distance that is not so far from here In stores and on the sidewalks with us, They keep the memory near of flying While they walk among us And the world is better for this And the world is better for this They whisper, ‘Merry Christmas...' (All the Doors) ‘Cause the doors, the doors are all open (All the Doors) All the closed doors are open Every door, every door is open for one month a year (year) And they whisper (and they whisper) And we listen (and we listen) And we Hear (Hear) And the lights, the lights are all on All the lights in the houses are on All the lights are shining in the windows Shining bright (Oh Silent Night) Oh Silent Night! For a while they walk among us — they whisper ‘Merry Christmas' For a while they walk among us — singing ‘Merry Christmas' Awake the voice (awake the voice) Awake the string (awake the string) The heart, (heart, ear & eye) ear and eye and everything I never saw so many cars downtown Never saw so many Christmas trees and all around,–people everywhere But the world is better for it Yeah, the world is better for it Angels fall a distance that is not so far from here On the trees and in the windows where They keep the memory near of flying While they walk among us And the world is better for this And the world is better for this And the world is better for this They're singing ‘Merry Christmas...'