Lyrics

THE KING IN THE CRADLE (4:27)PAUL STAGGS/SLICED BREAD/BMI/2006
I WENT BY OLD MAN BINGHAMS' LAST SUNDAY
WHERE THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS BURN ALL YEAR LONG
THERE'S A MANGER SCENE OUT BY THE HIGHWAY
AND I NOTICED THE BABY WAS GONE
SO I ASKED HIM IF IT HAD BEEN TAKEN
BY SOME CHILDREN OUT FOOLIN' AROUNDBUT HE TOLD ME,"THAT HE'S UP IN HEAVEN
AND HE'S WEARING A ROBE AND A CROWN"
(CHORUS)
CAUSE YOU DON'T KEEP A KING IN THE CRADLEIT'S NO PLACE FOR SUCH MAJESTY
'CAUSE WHEN WE KEEP THE KING IN THE CRADLE MY FRIEND
THEN THERE'S NO HOPE FOR YOU AND FOR ME

AS I DROVE BACK, IT GOT ME TO THINKIN'
'BOUT THE WAY THAT I'VE TREATED GOD'S SON
THAT I THINK OF HIM ONLY AT CHRISTMAS
AND I PUT HIM AWAY WHEN I'M DONE
(CHORUS)
BUT YOU DON'T KEEP THE KING IN THE CRADLEIT'S NO PLACE FOR SUCH MAJESTY
'CAUSE WHEN WE KEEP THE KING IN THE CRADLE MY FRIEND
THEN THERE'S NO HOPE FOR YOU AND FOR ME

(BRIDGE)
THIS MORNING, MY WIFE GOT A MESSAGE
MRS. BINGHAM SAID MY OLD FRIEND WAS GONEIN HIS WILL HE HAD LEFT ME A TREASURE
THAT OLD MANGER HE KEPT ON HIS LAWN
(CHORUS)
AND I WON”T KEEP THE KING IN THE CRADLEIT'S NO PLACE FOR SUCH MAJESTY
'CAUSE WHEN WE KEEP THE KING IN THE CRADLE MY FRIEND
THEN THERE'S NO HOPE FOR YOU AND FOR ME

THEN THERE'S NO HOPE FOR YOU AND FOR ME