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TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA lyrics : "An Angel Came Down"

IN AN OLD CITY BAR
THAT IS NEVER TOO FAR
FROM THE PLACES THAT GATHER

THE DREAMS THAT HAVE BEEN

IN THE SAFETY OF NIGHT

WITH IT'S OLD NEON LIGHT
IT BECKONS TO STRANGERS
AND THEY ALWAYS COME IN


AND THE SNOW IT WAS FALLING
THE NEON WAS CALLING

THE MUSIC WAS LOW
AND THE NIGHT CHRISTMAS EVE


AND HERE WAS THE DANGER
THAT EVEN WITH STRANGERS
INSIDE OF THIS NIGHT

IT WAS EASIER TO BELIEVE

FOR IT WAS INTO THIS BAR

THAT I HAPPENED TO WANDER
TO STARE INTO A GLASS
AND MY UNIVERSE PONDER


SO I WALKED UP TO THE COUNTER
SHOOK THE SNOW OFF MY COAT

THEN I ORDERED A WHISKEY
THAT I USED LIKE A MOAT


BUT AN OLD MAN SOON JOINED ME
AND ASKED IF I KNEW THE TIME
ONE WORD LED TO ANOTHER

AND SOMEHOW I DIDN'T MIND

THEN HE OFFERED A DRINK

FROM A BOTTLE 'NEATH HIS COAT
AND HE SMILED A LITTLE SMILE
AS IT TRICKLED DOWN MY THROAT


AND I FELT MYSELF RELAXING
HERE AMONG THE GHOSTS THAT FAILED

THEN THE OLD MAN TOPPED MY GLASS OFF
AND BEGAN THIS LITTLE TALE


IN THE MOMENTS OF OUR LIVES
BOTH THE JOYOUS AND THE TRAGIC
IF THE TRUTH IS TO BE TOLD

WE ARE ALL PURSUING MAGIC

AND THE MAGIC THAT WE SEEK

AS WE'RE SURE YOU HAVE DISCOVERED
CAN BE FOUND IN CERTAIN PLACES
FAR MORE EASILY THAN OTHERS


IN THE SAND BENEATH THE SPHINX
IN THE DREAMS OF CANDLELIGHT

BUT THE SUREST PLACE OF ALL
IS IN THE FORGIVING WORLD OF NIGHT


AND OF ALL THE NIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
THAT COME AND GENTLY LEAVE
NONE HOLD THE DREAM OF MAGIC

LIKE THE EVENING, CHRISTMAS EVE

AND SO IT'S ON THIS NIGHT

WITH IT'S PROMISE DEEP WITHIN
AS THE SNOW NOW STARTS TO FALL
OUR STORY DOES BEGIN


An angel came down
One night to the earth

A mission from God
To find out the worth


Of everything that
His children had done
Since that winter night
The birth of His son


And then a sound filled the night
In the cold winter air
And in the midst of his flight
It was holding him there
And as he looked toward the earth

For the source of this sound
On that cold winter night
It was pulling him down

To bring something back

This angel was told
That no one could touch
But angels could hold

So on that night

When the sky had cleared
Among all the stars
An angel appeared

And then a sound filled the night
In the cold winter air

And in the midst of his flight
It was holding him there
And as he looked towards the earth
For the source of this sound
On that cold winter night
It was pulling him down


And then a sound filled the night
In the cold winter air
And in the midst of his flight
It was holding him there
And as he looked towards the earth
For the source of this sound
On that cold winter night

It was pulling him down

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