Lyrics to New, Original Songs on "All I Really Want for Christmas"
by Steven Curtis Chapman (2005 Sparrow Records, EMI CMG)

Steven Curtis Chapman put out a nice Christmas album in 2005, "All I Really Want for Christmas" which had three new originals:

  • Track #4 : All I Really Want
  • Track #5 : The Miracle of Christmas
  • Track #13 : The Night Before Christmas

    • It also includes a remake of his song "Christmas is All in the Heart" (Track #7) which he performs with Vince Gill, which is my favorite from his first Christmas album, so I added that one too. The other, traditional Christmas songs on the album are:

  • Track #2 : Angels From the Realms of Glory
  • Track #3 : I Heard The Bells on Christmas Day
  • Track #6 : Go Tell In On The Mountain
  • Track #8 : Silver Bells
  • Track #9 : Winter Wonderland
  • Track #10 : God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
  • Track #11 : It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
  • Track #12 : O Little Town of Bethlehem

    • 4. All I Really Want

    Well, I don't know if you remember me or not
    I'm one of the kids they brought in from the home
    I was the red-haired boy in an old, green flannel shirt
    You may not have seen me, I was standing off alone

    I didn't come and talk to you 'cause that's never worked before
    And you'll probably never see this letter, anyway
    But just in case there's something you can do to help me out
    I'll ask you one more time

    All I really want for Christmas is someone to tuck me in
    A shoulder to cry on if I lose, shoulders to ride on if I win
    There's so much I could ask for, but there's just one thing I need
    All I really want for Christmas is a family

    Well, I guess I should go ahead and tell you now
    If it's really true about that list you have
    Somehow I always seem to end up in a fight
    But I'm really trying hard not to be bad

    But maybe if I had a brother or a dad to wrestle with
    Maybe they could teach me how to get along
    And from everything I've heard, it sounds like the greatest gift on earth
    Would be a mom

    All I want for Christmas is someone who'll be here
    To sing me happy birthday for the next 100 years
    And It's okay if they're not perfect or even if they're a little broken
    That's alright, 'Cause so am I

    Well, I guess I should go, it's almost time for bed
    Maybe next time I write you I'll be at home

    `Cause all I really want for Christmas is someone to tuck me in
    Tell me I'll never be alone, someone whose love will never end
    Of all that I could ask for, well, there's just one thing I need
    All I really want for Christmas is a family

    5. Miracle of Christmas

    A child is born tonight in Bethlehem
    His mother holds him close and sings a sweet lullaby
    All the world is sleeping unaware that God himself has come in the night

    The shepherds tremble as the angels sing
    And in their song the voice of God speaks peace to the world
    A miracle has happened, God has come and God has spoken
    But the miracle has only just begun

    And the God who spoke is speaking still
    And the God who came still comes
    And the miracle that happened still happens in the heart that will believe
    And we see (receive) the miracle of Christmas

    So come to Bethlehem again and see
    The One who's come to rescue us, our Saviour and King
    Bring your past, the joy, the sorrow, all your hope to find tomorrow

    And hear the words again, fear not and know that God is near

    For the God who spoke is speaking still
    And the God who came still comes
    And the miracle that happened still happens in the heart that will believe
    And receive the miracle of Christmas

    Believe the miracle of Christmas
    Will you believe?

    7. Christmas Is All In The Heart

    In a one bedroom apartment on the humble side of town
    There stands a little Christmas tree, it looks a lot like Charlie Brown's,
    And underneath there's one little gift for him and one little gift for her

    After six months on the new job, they're still barely getting by
    So in the way of decorations, there's nothing there to catch your eye
    But both of them would be the first to say
    We're together, we're gonna have the merriest Christmas anyway

    'Cause Christmas is all in the heart, that's where the feeling starts,
    And like a fire inside, it touches every part,
    Christmas is all in the heart,
    And even if no white snow falls, that's all right because
    The joy can still be found, wherever you are,
    Christmas is all, all in the heart

    Two little blonde haired boys with big dreams,
    Tried to sleep but sleep wouldn't come
    We'd be tearing into presents, long before the break of dawn,
    With Mom and Dad and cameras making sure we'd never forget that day

    Now I'm the one who's taking pictures, in the middle of the night,
    Of my own little dreamers that just can't wait until daylight,
    And in my sleepy eyes the spark still glows
    Well I guess there's just some things a kid never outgrows.

    'Cause Christmas is all in the heart, that's where the feeling starts,
    And like a fire inside, it touches every part,
    Christmas is all in the heart,
    And even if no white snow falls, that's okay because
    The joy can still be found, wherever you are
    Christmas is all, all in the heart

    No, it's not in the snow that may or may not fall,
    And it's not in the gifts beneath the tree
    It's in the love heaven gave, that night our Savior came,
    That same love can still be found wherever you are,
    'Cause Christmas is all in the heart
    And the joy can still be found, wherever you are
    Christmas is all, all in the heart

    It's all in the heart

    13. The Night Before Christmas

    It was the night before Christmas and all through the world
    Everything looked like business as usual
    Shepherds sat on a hillside looking up at the stars
    While the world fell asleep unware just how deep
    Was the darkness the night before Christmas

    And the night before Christmas it seemed to be just a night
    But the wind blew like something was coming
    And like children with secrets that they're bursting to tell
    The cedars danced in the breeze while all of nature it seemed
    Held its breath on the night before Christmas

    And hope, hope long awaited
    The hope of the ages
    Would break with the dawn
    And the song that all of creation was anticipating
    Would start with a baby's first cry

    And on the night before Christmas Mary laid down to rest
    While Joseph, he paced the floor praying
    And in an everyday stable, in an everyday town
    In the hours to come God would wrap Himself up
    And come down from heaven and the world would forever be changed
    After the night before Christmas

    Written by Steven Curtis Chapman
    ©2005 Sparrow Song / Peach Hill Songs (BMI) Admin. by EMI CMG Publishing

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