Hymn

 

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1.    Valley's deep and the mountain's so high,

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    if you want to see God you've got to move on the other side.

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    You stand up there with your head in the clouds,

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    don't try to fly, you know you might not come down.

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    Don't try to fly near God,     you might not come down.

 

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2.    Jesus came down from Heaven to earth,

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    the people said it was a virgin birth.

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    Jesus came down from Heaven to earth,

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    the people said it was a virgin birth.

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    The people said it was       a virgin birth.

 

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    (when keyboard plays more slowly : )  E  -  A    E  - A

 

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3.     He told great stories of the Lord,

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    and said He was the saviour of us all.

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    He told great stories of the Lord,

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    and said, He was the saviour of us all,

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    and said He was the saviour           of us all.

 

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4.    For this we killed Him, nailed Him up high,

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    he rose again as if to ask us why.

 

 

 

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    Then He ascended into the sky,

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    as if to say in God alone you soar,

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    as if to say in God        alone we fly.

 

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5.     Valley's deep and the mountain's so high,

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    if you want to see God you've got to move on the other side.

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    You stand up there with your head in the clouds,

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    don't try to fly, you know you might not come down.

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    Don't try to fly near God,     you might not come down.

 

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    (Barclay James Harvest)