When Love Was Born

Intro: Am  Dm  G  C  Am  Dm  G 

 
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  Angels speaking,  wisemen seeking 
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  A king but not one of this earth 
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  Joseph praying,  Mary laboring 
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  At the moment of His birth 

 
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   That’s when love   was born 
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   For the broken and torn 
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Life began again 
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That first Christmas morn 
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That’s when love was born 

 
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  In a manger,   a lonely manger 
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  Mary laid Him  in the hay 
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  Shepherds kneeling    cause God’s reviling 
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  His son the object of their pra - ise 

 
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   And that’s when love   was born 
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   For the broken and torn 
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Life began again 
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That first Christmas morn 
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That’s when love was born 


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Now the word dwells among us 
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   He’s the truth, the way, the life 
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   Our salvation Jesus brought us 
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The day he stepped on the stage of time 

 
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   And that’s when love   was born 
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   For the broken and torn 
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   Life began again 
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   That first Christmas morn 
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   That’s when love was born 

Outro:

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   And that’s when  love was  born