Well, I'm sure you've heard the story how a saviour came from glory A baby that was heaven sent and virgin born Without a reputation to be a king of a nation But instead they placed upon his head a crown of thorns Like a lamb led to the slaughter yet he opened not his mouth The pain he suffered nobody knows They nailed him to a cross and watched the blood come streaming down It's not a pretty picture, but that's the way the story goes But it'll be a different story (it'll be a different story) When he returns from glory We'll crown him king and then we'll sing and shout the victory And it'll have a happy ending (it'll have a happy ending) With the saints he'll be descending And we'll all live happily ever after through eternity Well, when Jesus left for heaven he told the eleven Things would get rough and they would suffer for his name Soon they were persecuted, some even executed But still they faithfully endured the trials and pain From the stoning of Stephen to this present evil day Two thousand years of bitter tears and woe The road the saints have traveled is a rough and rocky way It's not a pretty picture, but that's the way the story goes But it'll be a different story (it'll be a different story) When he returns from glory We'll crown him king and then we'll sing and shout the victory And it'll have a happy ending (it'll have a happy ending) With the saints he'll be descending And we'll all live happily ever after through eternity It'll be a different story (it'll be a different story) When he returns from glory We'll crown him king and then we'll sing and shout the victory And it'll have a happy ending (it'll have a happy ending) With the saints he'll be descending And we'll all live happily ever after through eternity