Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I’ve been fightin’ with the porch lights
My wife’s got a pie to bake
There’s a chair beside the table
We still set for old times’ sake
And that little Christmas manger
We set beneath the tree
Still reminds me every Christmas
What this night was meant to be

[Chorus]
The gift wasn’t under the tree
Wasn’t wrapped in red and green
Wasn’t bought in some downtown store
Wasn’t something we could afford
In Bethlehem, a baby lay
And Heaven gave its heart away
All the love we’d ever need
The gift wasn’t under the tree

[Verse 2]
There were shepherds in the darkness
There was no room at the inn
Just a young girl holdin’ Heaven
While the world slept on again
No one rolled a red rug out
No one knew a King had come
But a mother held the promise
And the angels sang above

[Chorus]
The gift wasn’t under the tree
Wasn’t wrapped in red and green
Wasn’t bought in some downtown store
Wasn’t something we could afford
In Bethlehem, a baby lay
And Heaven gave its heart away
All the love we’d ever need
The gift wasn’t under the tree

[Bridge]
When all the lights are put away
And the families have gone home
What came down that holy night
Won’t leave us on our own

[Final Chorus]
The gift wasn’t under the tree
Wasn’t wrapped in red and green
Wasn’t bought in some downtown store
Wasn’t something we could afford
In Bethlehem, a baby lay
And Heaven gave its heart away
All the love we’d ever need
The gift wasn’t under the tree

[Outro]
Families set that little manger
Where the children all can see
Our gift wasn’t under the tree