In The Spirit: A Christmas Album lyrics

(McDonald/Harris/Ingram)
So many will worry
On this christmas day
But many just goes so far anyway
When the shopping is over
It's all said and done
The story's the same for everyone
'cause one gift
Already given that will stand the test of time
Love and mercy
Sweet forgiveness
A gift from god the father to all mankind
Hallelujah
[Repeat]
Christmas is special
The time that we share

(Berlin/Bernard/Smith)
I'm dreaming of a white christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow
I'm dreaming of a white christmas
With every christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your christmases be white
And later on we'll conspire
As we sit down by the fire

(McDonald/Harris)
How many would believe
That a lamb lost unto this world
Would be the victory that we need
As he lay beneath the shining star
Chosen before time began
Eternal love from our father
It takes a miracle
To the world it is impossible
It takes a miracle
To the mind it is illogical
[Chorus:]
A world in need
A heart in chains
That's all god needs
To make a miracle
A soul ashamed

(McDonald/Harris/Chiaravalle)
In a world of no hope
A light will shine brightly
That all men might know
The meaning of mercy and of
Love beyond all love
The peace that rests the soul
The heart will open
And search no more
[Chorus:]
Behold I bring you tidings
Tidings of great joy
The world has found it's answer
In a child that's born
On this night
Sing out across the seas

(Foster/Loggins)
Old december's here at last
Time for celebration
Christmas present, christmas past
Tumble down together like
The snow
What a show
Now the snowman someone made
Is melting by the road side
On the wind a serenade
Children's voices singing I believe
I believe in us
I believe
[Chorus:]
On christmas morning
You awaken with a smile
You hold me in your arms
We watch the snowflakes fly

(McDonald/Harris)
Old man winter's coming on
The nights are long and the days are gray
The fading sound of the robin's song
Summer days seem a lifetime away
It's the time that we look to each other
To raise our spirits and chase the blues away
That time of year when we all get together
I see it comin' I can hardly wait
[Chorus:]
It's all right I can't stop thinkin' 'bout it

(Traditional - Arranged By McDonald/Harris)
Childern, go where I send thee
How shall I send thee?
I'm gonna send thee two by two
Two for paul and silas
One for the little bitty baby
Wrapped in swaddling clothing
That was born, born
Born in bethlehem
Childern, go where I send thee
How shall I send thee?
I'm gonna send thee two by two
Two for paul and silas
Three for the little bitty baby

(McDonald/Chapman)
I have come from so far away
Down the road of my own mistakes
In the hope you could hear me pray
Oh lord, keep me in your reach
How I've longed through these wasted years
To outrun all the pain and fear
Turned to stone from my uncried tears
And now it's your grace I seek
Love won't compromise
It's a gift, it's a sacrafice
My soul renewed, and my heart released

(Traditional - Arranged By McDonald & Harris)
It is the song that fills the night
The star that lights our way
So begins our greatest hope
Come to bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing
Come, adore on bended knee
Christ, the lord the newborn king
Glo-ori-a in excelsis de-o
Glo-ori-a in excelsis de-o

(McDonald/Harris/Farren)
Guess that we could always want for something more
Then how much is enough
So much for all the things we know we can't afford
I don't need any more stuff baby
Let everybody else rush around, fight the crowds
Only to ask themselves why
All I need is just some mistletoe, you and i
Baby I'm satisfied right here in your arms
[Chorus:]
Baby, we got a house full of love

(McDonald/Harris/Sims)
I saw us walking to the river
And I was wondering what it means
It looked like people had come together
As if we all believed in the same thing
Can you feel it
It feels like mercy
Hear that music
It sounds like grace
Let it be in my nature
To look at my brother
And see my father's face
[Chorus:]
I want to be in the sririt
I want to be there when we cross that stream

(BERLIN/BERNARD/SMITH)

I'M DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS
JUST LIKE THE ONES I USED TO KNOW
WHERE THE TREETOPS GLISTEN AND CHILDREN LISTEN
TO HEAR SLEIGH BELLS IN THE SNOW

I'M DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS
WITH EVERY CHRISTMAS CARD I WRITE
MAY YOUR DAYS BE MERRY AND BRIGHT
AND MAY ALL YOUR CHRISTMASES BE WHITE

AND LATER ON WE'LL CONSPIRE
AS WE SIT DOWN BY THE FIRE