Oh little town of Bethlehem, looks like another silent night

Above your deep and dreamless sleep, a giant star lights up the sky

And while your lying in the dark, there shines an everlasting light

For the King has left His throne, and is sleeping in a manger tonight, tonight

Oh, Bethlehem, what you have missed while you were sleeping

For God became a man, and stepped into your world today

Oh, Bethlehem, you will go down in history

As a city with no room for its King

While you were sleeping

While you were sleeping

Oh little town of Jerusalem, looks like another silent night

The Father gave His only Son, the way, the truth, the life had come

But there was no room for Him, in the world He came to save

Jerusalem, what you have missed while you were sleeping

The Savior of the world, is dying on your cross today

Jerusalem, you will go down in history

As a city with no room for its King

While you were sleeping

While you were sleeping

United States of America, looks like another silent night

As we’re sung to sleep by philosophies that save the trees and kill the children

And while we’re lying in the dark, there’s a shout across the eastern sky

For the Bridegroom has returned and has carried his bride away in the night, in the night

America, what will we miss while we are sleeping

Will Jesus come again, and leave us slumbering where we lay

America, will we go down in history

As a nation with no room for its King

Will we be sleeping?

Will we be sleeping?

United States of America, looks like another silent night

(“While You Were Sleeping” by Casting Crowns, from the album “Lifesong”, Copyright 2005)

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