Nazareth Lyrics

O Little Town of Nazareth, the home of God

It took your village to raise a child this good and wonderful

Counsellor unto the human heart, body, mind and soul

Nazareth, through your backstreets, the living God did stroll

From Nazareth

We all are blessed

There's no need for any heart to now feel so stressed

From Nazareth

The poor are blessed

The Prince of Peace he walked your paths

and as poor man he was dressed

The King of Kings had come, but you'd have never guessed

Your cousins they shaped you when on the hills you all ran free

Uncles and Aunties showed you love and how to simply be

Feasting when the harvest came

Together you would dance

A whole mob of family shaped your faith more than circumstance

From Nazareth

A prophet rose

A living wage upon your lips, justice is what you chose

From Nazareth

Life was loved

Life was held with tenderness, no need for a glove

Far from the temple's power your perfect wisdom grew

Children always wonder aloud

when something new comes into view

You saw through eyes of wonder, and never closed your eyes

To the beauty of the faith of others, and the glory of the wild

In Nazareth

Life overcame death

Every soul can feel at home and simply draw breath

Feel at home, your precious soul can rest and draw breath

From you all wisdom comes, a home grown love

Grown up from conversation and the wings of a holy dove

Spoken in dusty streets 'n' along those mountain paths

Hearing heaven within your words, pure faith in a child's laugh

You had the gift to bind together all who fell apart

To put in words the hopes of all and the longing of our hearts

Yes, you made us all at home when you forgave us our false starts

It took a village to raise this child,

The mountains and the woods,

The lilies of the fields and the shores on which you stood

You came down from Galilee

From the land as a child you'd roamed

You showed all the people you'd meet

This world is God's true home

O heaven came down to earth in your humble birth

Every heart and home reminded of it's true worth

In Nazareth

You learnt what's best

To work beside the poor, sharing faith in the simpleness

In Nazareth

Through love alone

The joy of life together is the seed that you've sown

From Nazareth

A truth now roams

Now every town and place knows that it can be God's home

You took your tools and built a world, a world that is truly home

Your heart the door, your word the key

Your love our common home

Your heart the door, your word the key

Your love our common home

I step outside into your love

And I always am at home

I step outside into your love

I always am at home