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A ray of hope flickers in the sky

 A tiny star lights up way up high

 All across the land, dawns a brand new morn

This comes to pass when a child is born

 A silent wish sails the seven seas

 The winds of change whisper in the trees

 And the walls of doubt crumble, tossed and torn

This comes to pass when a child is born

 A rosy hue settles all around

 You've got the feel you're on solid ground

 For a spell or two, no-one seems forlorn

This comes to pass when a child is born

And all of this happens because the world is waiting,

Waiting for one child

Black, white, yellow, no-one knows

But a child that will grow up and turn tears to laughter,

Hate to love, war to peace and everyone to everyone's neighbour

And misery and suffering will be words to be forgotten, forever

 It's all a dream, an illusion now

 It must come true, sometime soon somehow

 All across the land, dawns a brand new morn

This comes to pass when a child is born