Once, such a long time ago I left all that I know The things of kingly life The ease of my warm palace home The toils of my throne To seek a heavenly child He came to me in a dream Full of wisdom he seemed Full of goodness and light And hope to rid the world of its woes And so I knew I must go To find the heavenly child There s only so much a king can do To feed and clothe his multitudes And give them comfort for their cares And oh, they cry for justice and for love I thought this child from above Might be an answer to their prayers It was cold, and the traveling was hard As we followed that star Many long desert miles There were times we would mutter what s the use And we said we were fools To seek the heavenly child And then, one fair evening, we found A simple stable near a town A mother cradling her own And lo, the boy was beautiful to see A child heavenly indeed We gave him frankincense and gold But that was a long time ago And still the child haunts my heart But I ve not returned afar To look into his eyes For in the faces of this very kingdom In every daughter and son I see the heavenly child I see a heavenly child