Bethlehem Lyrics - Blood Oranges In The Snow - Over The Rhine

Oh little town of Bethlehem 

Have you been forsaken 

In your dark and dreamless sleep 

Your heart is breaking 

And in your wounded sky 

The silent stars go by 

Oh little town of Bethlehem 

Be still tonight be still 

Mary she was just a kid 

Jesus was a refugee 

A virgin and a vagabond 

Yearning to be free 

Now in the dark streets shining 

Is their last chance of a dream 

Oh little town of Bethlehem 

Be still tonight be still 

Cradled by a crescent moon 

Born under a star 

Sometimes there's no difference 

Between a birthmark and a scar 

Oh little town of Bethlehem 

With your sky so black 

May God impart to human hearts 

The wisdom that we lack 

Should you chance to find 

A hope for all mankind 

Oh little town of Bethlehem 

Be still tonight be still