Main Street Manger

Lyrics

[INTRODUCTION] [VERSE 1] The Christmas lights are blinking Above a boarded storefront sign The diner closes early now Most every other night The church down on the corner Still puts a nativity out front Though half the town drives past it Without looking up once The old motel beside the highway Still leaves a vacancy light on And a young couple pulls in after midnight Wondering where they belong [PRE-CHORUS] And I can’t help but wonder If the story would look different now Or if we’d recognize it If it happened in this town [CHORUS] Maybe Bethlehem’s a trailer At the edge of County Line Maybe it’s a waiting room At quarter after nine Maybe it’s a break room On a third-shift factory floor Maybe Main Street has a manger We’ve just stopped looking for [VERSE 2] A nurse walks out at sunrise A janitor clocks in A mother works two part-time jobs To keep the lights on again A teacher buys a winter coat And leaves it by the door A stranger fills a shopping cart For someone they don’t know No angels in the headlines No star above the square Just ordinary acts of mercy Showing up everywhere [PRE-CHORUS] And I can’t help but wonder If the shepherds would still come Or if we’d turn them away Before we knew where they were from [CHORUS] Maybe Bethlehem’s a trailer At the edge of County Line Maybe it’s a waiting room At quarter after nine Maybe it’s a break room On a third-shift factory floor Maybe Main Street has a manger We never even thought to stop and look for [BRIDGE] Not in the places we’d expect Not beneath cathedral domes Not among the powerful But among the overlooked The exhausted The forgotten The worried The worn The people still believing Love is worth showing up for Maybe every town has Bethlehem Hidden somewhere in plain sight Maybe God still chooses small things To change the world at night [FINAL CHORUS] Maybe Bethlehem’s a trailer At the edge of County Line Maybe it’s a waiting room At quarter after nine Maybe it’s a church basement With folding chairs and coffee poured Maybe Main Street has a manger Right behind an ordinary door Maybe hope still looks humble Maybe grace still looks poor Maybe Main Street has a manger And we’ve been there before [OUTRO] The star still shines above us The question isn’t where The question is whether we’ll notice That Bethlehem is here