A Spaceman Came Traveling

Album: Spanish Train (1975)
Charted: 40
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  • A spaceman came traveling on his ship from afar
    'Twas light years of time since his mission did start
    And over a village he halted his craft
    And it hung in the sky like a star
    Just like a star -----

    He followed a light and came down to a shed
    Where a mother and child were lying there on a bed
    A bright light of silver shone round his head
    And he had the face of an angel
    And they were afraid -----

    Then the stranger spoke
    He said "Do not fear"
    I come from a planet a long way from here
    And I bring a message for mankind to hear"
    And suddenly the sweetest music filled the air ----

    And it went la la ------
    Peace and goodwill to all men
    And love for the child ------

    This lovely music went trembling through the ground
    And many were wakened on hearing that sound
    And travelers on the road
    The village they found by the light of that ship in the sky
    Which shone all around -----

    And just before dawn
    At the paling of the sky
    The stranger returned and said "Now I must fly"
    When two thousand years of your time has gone by
    This song will begin once again, to a baby's cry --
    And it went la la ------
    This song will begin once again
    To a baby's cry ----
    And it goes la la ----
    Peace and goodwill to all men
    And love for the child ----

    Oh the whole world is waiting
    Waiting to hear the song again
    There are thousands standing on the edge of the world
    And a star is moving somewhere
    The time is nearly here
    This song will begin once again
    To a baby's cry ----


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Comments: 2

  • AnonymousSeems like telling distance that spaceman had travelled!
  • Snaga from Dundee, Scotland A spaceman came traveling on his ship from afar
    'Twas light years of time since his mission did start

    Well Chris I hate (or is it love) to be pedantic but light years aren't a measure of time, it is a measure of distance

    A light year is the distance that light travels in a year
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