From a dark desert highway we pulled into the inn Rome called for a census, I was from Bethlehem Up above from a distance a star was giving me light My wife was heavy cause her child was due We had to stop for the night So I stood in the doorway of Bethlehem hotel And I was thinking to myself I hope to heaven theyll give me some help But they told us nocando and they sent me away Theres a place around the corner though where you both can stay Welcome, but the hotel cant afford ya Such a lovely place but were out of space Ran out of room and the hotel cant afford ya Its the time of year with the census here My wife was definitely gifted, thats what the Lords angel said She was about to have a baby boy while still virgin Spent the night in the barnyard, cheap slumlords rent Some night to remember, some night to forget So because of what happened I was grieving for my wife I said They probably havent cleaned in here since B.C. 65 Animal voices were calling for straw and hay Keeping you up through the middle of the night just as if to say Welcome, but the hotel cant afford ya Such a lovely place, but were out of space Holiday rush and the hotel cant afford ya What a nice surprise for your silent night He was born that evening and shepherds came that night And they said Were all just visitors here of the Holy Christ And in an asss manger, they found the boy asleep They started getting teary eyed so they went back to their sheep Last thing I remember there were wise men at the door They had a bunch of packages from the place they were before Were late, said the wise men We had problems Christmas Eve Weve been checking out your shiny light all through the Middle East
hotel, afford, census, ya, night