an angel came down

in an old city bar

that is never too far

from the places that gather

the dreams that have been

in the safety of night

with it's old neon light

it beckons to strangers

and they always come in

and the snow it was falling

the neon was calling

the music was low

and the night christmas eve

and here was the danger

that even with strangers

inside of this night

it was easier to believe

for it was into this bar

that i happened to wander

to stare into a glass

and my universe ponder

so i walked up to the counter

shook the snow off my coat

then i ordered a whiskey

that i used like a moat

but an old man soon joined me

and asked if i knew the time

one word led to another

and somehow i didn't mind

then he offered a drink

from a bottle 'neath his coat

and he smiled a little smile

as it trickled down my throat

and i felt myself relaxing

here among the ghosts that failed

then the old man topped my glass off

and began this little tale

in the moments of our lives

both the joyous and the tragic

if the truth is to be told

we are all pursuing magic

and the magic that we seek

as we're sure you have discovered

can be found in certain places

far more easily than others

in the sand beneath the sphinx

in the dreams of candlelight

but the surest place of all

is in the forgiving world of night

and of all the nights throughout the year

that come and gently leave

none hold the dream of magic

like the evening

christmas eve

and so it's on this night

with it's promise deep within

as the snow now starts to fall

our story does begin

an angel came down

one night to the earth

a mission from god

to find out the worth

of everything that

his children had done

since that winter night

the birth of his son

and then a sound filled the night

in the cold winter air

and in the midst of his flight

it was holding him there

and as he looked toward the earth

for the source of this sound

on that cold winter night

it was pulling him down

to bring something back

this angel was told

that no one could touch

but angels could hold

so on that night

when the sky had cleared

among all the stars

an angel appeared

and then a sound filled the night

in the cold winter air

and in the midst of his flight

it was holding him there

and as he looked towards the earth

for the source of this sound

on that cold winter night

it was pulling him down

and then a sound filled the night

in the cold winter air

and in the midst of his flight

it was holding him there

and as he looked towards the earth

for the source of this sound

on that cold winter night

it was pulling him down