I’ve been in the Christmas mood for about a month and I have written three Christmas songs so far. Each mentions several different persons who are mentioned in the Biblical accounts of Christmas. This one uses a first person perspective to provide a glimpse of each individual’s feelings. I like each of them even though they are very different musically and in the view of the world they present.
I hope you enjoy them.
Merry Christmas!
I hope each of you feels and recognizes God’s touch in your life today and always!
JOHN
I’m Just…
I’m just a peasant girl, never been with a man
Something is happening, I cannot understand
I’m going to have a child, angels tell me a king
Will soon be born to me, what changes life can bring
I feel so different now, like my whole life’s been changed
My life’s priorities, have all been rearranged
I’m amazed, awestruck, confused and so afraid
Is it me You’re talking to, have You made some mistake?
God, is this real or just a dream, what’s happening to me?
I trust You, God, I’ll do your will if You’ll just stay with me
I’m just a peasant man, a carpenter by trade
I love a pretty girl, Mary is her name
Something is happening, I cannot understand
She’s going to have a child, somewhere near Bethlehem
I know this Child’s not mine, the angels say that God
Has fathered this baby, it all seems very odd
I’m amazed, awestruck, confused and so afraid
Is it me You’re talking to, have You made some mistake?
God, is this real or just a dream, what’s happening to me?
I trust You, God, I’ll do your will if You’ll just stay with me
I’m just an innkeeper, on the edge of Bethlehem
A couple came tonight, felt sorry for them
She’s going to have a child, soon maybe yet tonight
Out there in my stable, hope it turns out right
I hear the baby cry, hear the mother’s prayer
Thanking God for His Son, what a sight I got to share
I’m amazed, awestruck, confused and so afraid
Is it me You’re talking to, have You made some mistake?
God, is this real or just a dream, what’s happening to me?
I trust You, God, I’ll do your will if You’ll just stay with me
I’m just a shepherd boy, out with my dad’s flock
Angels sang Hosanna, gave my heart a great shock
Something is happening, I cannot understand
Do not be afraid they said, we trembled to a man
Go and find the newborn king, go and homage pay
Blessed are you, a Savior, came to the world today
I’m amazed, awestruck, confused and so afraid
Is it me You’re talking to, have You made some mistake?
God, is this real or just a dream, what’s happening to me?
I trust You, God, I’ll do your will if You’ll just stay with me
We are three scholarly, wise men it is said
We follow a bright star, and go where we are led
It hails a prince’s birth, the coming of a king
Who knows the power of, the changes he will bring
We bear fine gifts for him, myrrh, frankincense and gold
He’s unremarkable, but he’ll change this world so
I’m amazed, awestruck, confused and so afraid
Is it me You’re talking to, have You made some mistake?
God, is this real or just a dream, what’s happening to me?
I trust You, God, I’ll do your will if You’ll just stay with me
I’m just a modern man, yet my life’s been changed
By the power of God’s love, by hearing Jesus’ name
Something is happening, I cannot understand
I feel God walking with me, taking me by the hand
The only gifts I bring, the talents you gave me
God help me change this world, the way that you changed me
I’m amazed, awestruck, confused and so afraid
Is it me You’re talking to, have You made some mistake?
God, is this real or just a dream, what’s happening to me?
I trust You, God, I’ll do your will if You’ll just stay with me
Copyright November 29, 2011 John Lage, Jr. All rights reserved
