I saw three kings
Riding through the desert
as the day begins
We bring great joy
To the birth of a baby boy

By this star we have been led
To this place, then someone said
The people that you're looking for
Have never been here at all

I saw two birds
One was a hawk,
the other was a dove
One said, I am war
The other one said, I am love

As they flew up to the sky
They got too close to the sun
And with a flash of light
The dove fell to the ground

Sometimes we never know
When it's time for letting go
Last night I heard them say
No, we will never let that happen again
But it's a long long way from here
to Bethlehem
Yes, it's a long long way from here
to Bethlehem

I heard one man
saying that the lion can
lay down with the lamb
But in the cage there´s nothing left
The lion has gone
and the lamb is dead

No one gets in or out,
and to be heard they´ve got to shout
That the words of the lord are written
on the city walls

I saw St. Paul talking to the devil
Like the best of friends
They said, let's make a deal
And bring this curse and war to an end

As they stood there shaking hands
The devil signed his name to the plan
After a couple of days
There was nothing there at all

Sometimes we never know
When it's time for letting go
Last night I heard them say
No, we will never let that happen again
But it's a long long way from here
to Bethlehem

Too much has changed in the modern world
There's no time for the long ago
Many problems that we have
Are from the greatest story ever told

And it's a long long way to Bethlehem
It's a long long way to Bethlehem
It's a long long way to Bethlehem
It's a long long way!