The Day That Love Began

Once upon a Christmas Eve

A shepherd who believed

That peace

Could come to any man

Made a promise

To a star above

The day that love began

"I will give to him

My lamb

A shepherd's all I am"

And so he walked

The lonely sand

To find the place

His heart was dreaming of

The day that love began

Over meadows

Over mountains

They came from valleys

And from streams

Every poet and every king

And one little shepherd

With a dream

As the shepherd

Knelt to pray

His lamb just ran away

And tear drops

Filled his lonely hand

He broke his promise

To a star above

The day that love began

Then the smiling face

Of Mary

Beckoned the shepherd

To her side

Today you gave Him

The best gift of all

The moment

That you cried

Once upon a Christmas Eve

A shepherd who believed

That peace

Could come to any man

Found the place

His heart was dreaming of

And he made a promise

To a star above

Said he found the place

That his heart

Was dreaming of

The day that love began

Began

The day that love began