JON ANDERSON:   3 Ships

Save All Your Love

Save all your love
To be a better child

This one act of good
Blessed forever

Midnight singers   Midnight high
Sister Mercy   coming thru
Midnight hymns   Midnight song
Bringing all that's pure to light
Bringing all that's pure to life

Byt the grace of God
A child has born

Easier Said Than Done

Hold it there
Try to imagine
Songs of Heaven in Motion
Singing songs of devotion

Say it's all possible
But it's easier said than done

Twice as close
Bringers of wisdom
Simply trying to touch
Put a spell on you

Say it's all possible
But it's easier said than done

Think for a reason
It's easy to please
Thoughts of a love world
Where innocence leads you
To a Magical high
When someone you remember
Helps by telling you why, why

Why there is worship
Deep Deep within
Not so easily seen
Or amazingly witnessed

A spell on you
It's already said and done

Hold it there
You can imagine
All of Heaven in motion
Special songs of devotion

Think of a season
So easy to reach
Thoughts of a Good world
Where innocence leads you
To a Magical High
When someone you remember
Helps by telling you why, why

Why there is worship
Deep Deep within
Nor so specially seen
or amazingly witnessed

See it clear
Sounds of emotion
Spreading all or' the world
Bringing peace for a moment

Three Ships

I saw three ships come sailing in
On Christmas day
On Christmas day
I saw three ships come sailing in
On Christmas day in the morning

And what was in these ships all three
On Christmas day
On Christmas day
And what was in those ships all three
On Christmas day in the morning

Our saviour Christ and his lady
On Christmas day
On Christmas day
Our savior Christ and his Lady
On Christmas day in the morning

Pray wither sailed those ships all three
On Christmas day
On Christmas day
Pray wither sailed those ships all three
On Christmas day in the morning

Oh they sailed into Bethlehem
On Christmas day
On Christmas day
Oh the sailed into Bethlehem
On Christmas day in the morning

And all the bells on Earth shall ring
On Christmas day
On Christmas day
And all the bells on Earth shall ring
On Christmas day in the morning

All the angels in Heaven shall sing
On Christmas day
On Christmas day
All the angels in Heaven shall sing
On Christmas day in the morning

An' all the souls on Earth shall sing
On Christmas day
On Christmas day
And all the souls on Earth shall sing
On Christmas day in the morning

Then let us all rejoice Amen
On Christmas day
On Christmas day
Then let us all rejoice Amen
On Christmas day in the morning

Forest Of Fire

Clouds will form into the sky
Watching them could make them disappear
Oh my what a glowing earth

They can dance into the wind
Exercise the right to believing
In the real forgiving day

Jingle chimes the greeting Nature Majesty
Of the one supreme who enlightens
are very being, this the glowing earth

Set it up to the Moon
Set it up to the Stars
Seeking all of the world
To wisdom of love
See the nature abound
Super nature around

Deep in the depth of the mystic
Sounds of insects singing a special
Song oh my what a moving Earth

Souls can dance into the sky
Singing them could make them all to sing
One love oh my what a shining Earth

Ding Dong Merrily On High

Ding Dong Merrily on high
In Heaven the bells are ringing

Ding Dong Merrily the Sky
In Heaven the angels singing

Gloria - Hozanna in Exchelsis

May you beautiful rhyme
This wond'rous day you singers
May you dutifully chime
This Midnight hour ye ringers

Gloria-Hozanna in Exchelsis
Gloria-Hozanna in Exchelsis
Dayo-
Dayo-

Save All Your Love (Reprise)

Save all your love
To be a better child
To be a better child

This one gift of love
Come on a good day
Come on a good day

The Holly And The Ivy

The Holly and the ivy
When they are both full grown
of all the trees that are in the wood
The Holly bares the Crown

Oh the rising of the sun
The running of the deer
The playing of the merry organ
Sweet singing in the choir

The Holly bares a blossom
As white as any flower
And Mary bore Sweet Jesus Christ
To be our sweet saviour

Oh the rising -

The Holly bears a berry
As red as any blood
And Mary bore Sweet Jesus Christ
To do poor sinners good

Day Of Days

How does this radiance
Light my eyes
All colours radiate a feeling so

How do we speak of a Morn
That burned so bright

Seems only yesterday
As a child
I'd wake to find the reasures of the dawn
Sleep in the sunlight
How thrilled my senses so

Then there in beauty
Full to one passion
Seen as a Godsend to our love

Born to be near us
Born to believe us
All in a light
That shines
So bright So close

How on this day so so far away
A different land was born the
King of Kings,
How was it then
Was it then a Christmas day

One was a clear star
The mother earth
Seemed ready for the sound
Of Angel songs
Heavenly chorus
It was His day of days

2,000 Years

Crystal is the perfect note
To ring you out of place
As birth can dance and sing
It's better brighter shines this grace

Seas of golden rainbows
Spinning silently in space
As the Angels in the Heavens
Sing the being of His Grace

Sing into the sweetest Horn
As light begins the day
2000 years ago they called it
This eternal way

See into the future made
For all our kingdom comes
The joyous of the infinative [intimate]
Is born this very morn

Where Were You?

Where were you upon that night
Just as the moon was breaking

They had been asleep their sheep
On a Hill all of Heaven was singing

Glory days upon the Earth
This the song of Heaven

When at last the spell was heard
All around us feel forgiven

There will stand at his right hand
Singing ofr the Saviour
All will know from this day forth
That the light will always save ya

Goodness knows no boundaries
Goodness knows your freedoms

After al lthe Gentle Soul
Can redeem us to His Kingdom

Glroy days upon the Earth
Sent us songs from Heaven

When at last its spell is heard
All around us feel forgiven ya

Oh Holy Night

Oh Holy night
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of our dear Saviour's birth

Long lay the world
In sin and horror crying
Till He appeared
And the soul felt none alive

The Thrill of Hope
The weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks
A new and glorious Morn

Fall on your knees
Oh hear the Angel Voices
O' Night divine
O' Night when Christ was born

Truly he taught us
To love one another
His law in love
And His Gospel is peace
Chains shall He break
For the slave is our brother
And in His name all oppression shall cease

Sweet hymns of Joy
A grateful chorus sing we
Let all within us praise his Holy Name

O' Night divine
O' Night when Christ was Born

How It Hits You

Letting go, let it hit you

Who brought this lovely morning
Dancin in my head can't help but call you
Dancin in my head can't help but call you

Who brought here silent teardrops
Runnin' through my head can't help but call you
Runnin' through my head can't help but call you

You know the Heavens (will) they'll be dancin
All for singing of the glory of the very day

N' in my heart of hearts
I knew it from the very start
S'that you'd be with me
Aim to jump in
Aim to jump high
Are you with me
Are you with me

Oh!! how it hits you
It's so amazing how it hits you
Letting go, how it hits you
It's so amazing when it hits you

Who changed this way of thinking
Dancin in my head can't help but touch you
Dancin in my head can't help but touch you

Who stopped my heart from crying
Running round my head can't help but want you
Running round my head can't help but want you

I opened the door and I was mesmerised
(That) at the power of the love
That shone around me and within me

It is my heart of hearts
I know it that it had to start
N' you'd be with me
There's a time for living
And a time for loving
And are you with me
Say are you with me

Letting go can be so easy
Letting go, it will help you
Letting go of the ceiling
Letting go to be near you
- Just look at it!! -
Keep it up   Keep it up   Keep up

There's the pleasure to cross
There the pleasure to cross

Letting go   Letting go go go
I just wanted to tell you

She would say it's so easy
I can't help but believe it
When all around seems to breathe it
How can I not help but be there
I can't help but be there
I can't help but be there

Letting go   Letting go   Letting go

Jingle Bells

Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh

Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh


All titles © 1985 Elektra/Asylum Records

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