Gloria! (The Song of the Shepherds) - Jason Gray

After the angel’s song

Everyone held their breath

As the darkness rushed back in upon those shepherd boys

Staring into the night

Climbing up off their knees

With their hearts on fire, they were trembling with fear and joy

Gloria, Gloria!

It was a choir of angels singing

The shepherd’s ears were ringing

They were ringing with

Gloria, Gloria!

Now everything is going to change

Christ the Lord is born today

Racing down from the hills

Running like children run

Reckless and wild with a song that made them young again

As the field beneath their feet

Turned into city streets

They were crying out have you heard, have you heard oh Bethlehem?!

Gloria, Gloria!

It was a choir of angels singing

The shepherd’s ears were ringing

They were ringing with

Gloria, Gloria!

Now everything is going to change

Christ the Lord is born today

In a land under the rule

Of the priests and kings

Only shepherds heard the song

That the angels sing

The humble are the keepers of the secrets of the Kingdom that is coming

With a song that will break upon the world like 10,000 horses running

Gloria, Gloria!

The shepherds they were singing

Now all our ears are ringing

They’re still ringing with

Gloria, Gloria!

Now everything is going to change

Christ the Lord is born today

Gloria, glory to God, glory to God!

Gloria, glory to God, glory to God

In excelsius Deo

One day he’ll come again

To bring us a brand new song

But till then we’ll sing along with those shepherd boys