THE ENDING
OF DECEMBER
NINETEEN FORTY-THREE
SOMEWHERE
IN THE FOREST
THE SNOW
WAS THREE FEET DEEP
TWO ALLIED SOLDIERS
WALKIN'
TRYIN' NOT TO FREEZE
FAR FROM HOME
ON CHRISTMAS EVE
A CABIN
WITH THE LIGHT ON
BROUGHT THEM
TO ITS DOOR
A WOMAN SAID
IN MY HOME
YOU CAN'T BRING IN
YOUR WAR
SO LEAVE YOUR RIFLES
OUTSIDE
UP AGAINST A TREE
THERE'S PEACE ON EARTH
ON CHRISTMAS EVE
AND THEY
SAT BY THE FIRE
AND THEY
TALKED ALL NIGHT LONG
SANG CHRISTMAS HYMNS
AND SHOWED
PICTURES OF HOME
IN THE MIDDLE OF
A GREAT WAR
IT'S SO HARD TO BELIEVE
THERE'S PEACE ON EARTH
ON CHRISTMAS EVE
LATER IN THE EVENING
FOOTSTEPS
IN THE NIGHT
TWO GERMAN SOLDIERS
FREEZIN'
THE WOMAN
WENT OUTSIDE
YOU'RE WELCOME HERE
IN MY HOME
BUT YOUR GUNS
WILL NEVER BE
THERE'S PEACE ON EARTH
ON CHRISTMAS EVE
THE SOLDIERS ALL
WERE FRIGHTENED
WHEN THEY STOOD
FACE TO FACE
THE WOMAN SAID
YOU'RE BROTHERS
PART OF
THE HUMAN RACE
TONIGHT
WE'RE ALL JUST FAMILY
AND WE'LL GET DOWN
ON OUR KNEES
AND PRAISE HIS NAME
ON CHRISTMAS EVE
AND THEY
SAT BY THE FIRE
AND THEY
TALKED ALL NIGHT LONG
SANG CHRISTMAS HYMNS
AND SHOWED
PICTURES OF HOME
IN THE MIDDLE OF
A GREAT WAR
BITTER ENEMIES
FOUND PEACE ON EARTH
ON CHRISTMAS EVE
EARLY
THAT NEXT MORNING
THEY WENT
THEIR SEPARATE WAYS
SHOOK HANDS
AND HUGGED
THAT WOMAN
THERE
ON CHRISTMAS DAY