Chris de Burgh Bethlehem song lyrics

I saw three kings riding through the dessert as the day begins,

"We bring great joy to the birth of a baby boy,

By the star we have been led,

To this place," then someone said,

"The people that you´re looking for have never been here at all",

I saw two birds, one was a hawk, the other was a dove,

One said, "I am war", the other one said, " I am love,"

As they flew up to the sky, they got too close to the sun,

And with a flash of light the dove fell to the ground;

Sometimes we never know, when it´s time for letting go,

Last night I heard them say "No!

We will never let that happen again!"

But it´s a long, long way from here to Bethlehem,

Yes it´s a long, long way from here to Bethlehem;

I heard one man saying that the lion can lay down with the lamb,

But in the cage there´s nothing left,

The lion has gone and the lamb is dead,

No one gets in or out, and to be heard they´ve got to shout,

That the words of the lord are written on the city walls;

I saw Saint Paul talking to the devil, like the best of friends,

They said "let´s make a deal and bring this cursed war to an end",

As they stood there shaking hands,

The Devil signed his name to the plan,

After a couple of days there was nothing there at all,

Sometimes we never know, when it´s time for letting go,

Last night I heard them say "No!

We will never let that happen again!"

But it´s a long, long way from here to Bethlehem,

Yes it´s a long, long way from here to Bethlehem;

Much has changed in the modern world,

There´s no time for the long ago,

Many problems that we have,

Are from the Greatest story ever told,

And it´s a long, long way, to Bethlehem,

It´s a long, long way, to Bethlehem,

It´s a long, long way, to Bethlehem,

It´s a long, long way!