The Night Before Easter - Bill & Gloria Gaither

The night was so different from all the rest

And a silence covers the Earth;

The stars have no glimmer, the moon tries to hide,

For in death lies the man of their birth.

Then a stone moves, the Earth shakes (and) birds start singing,

The sun shines, the Earth warms (for) new life it’s bringing;

A little boy stops crying, a mother is smiling,

For death could not hold their King

In a room filled with sorrow, a mother cries

For Jesus, her Son now is gone;

Her child sent from heaven was taken away,

Heart broken she feels all alone.

Repeat At the feet of his mother a little boy cries

Saying «'momma' I don’t understand;»

I remember the look of love in His eyes,

That I saw, by the touch of His hand.

Repeat The King of all ages, the Giver of life,

For a moment lies silent and still;

But a power sent from heaven comes breaking the night,

And death must bow to His will.

Repeat Optional Ending:

When death could not hold their King.