Lyrics

The Fourth Wise Man
Tim Bays/Kin Vassey
© 1992 In Cahoots Music, Clay Basket Music, Yellow Creek Music/BMG (ASCAP)

Verse 1
Two nights out of Ninevah
With many nights to go
Following a shining star
Our prophets had foretold
We carried gold and frankincense
And myrrh to god knows who
I was freezing on that camel, man
And feeling like a fool

Verse 2
Not knowing where we traveled
We stumbled through that land
And so I thanked the gods to see
The fires of Bethlehem
But when we finally found the place
That star had singled out
A dirty little manger
And a child were all we found

Chorus 1
Could he have been the one
That little child crowned in straw?
Was he the king who'd come
To save the world, to hold in awe?
Surely we were wrong
Did we miss a sign?
So I traveled on
Hoping I would find
The one...the son...of god

Verse 3
There were four of us who found him
Just three who blessed his birth
While I was cursed to wander
Forever on this earth
And over twenty centuries
While millions have believed
A million times I've wondered
Was I wrong to leave?

Chorus
Could he have been the one
That little child crowned in straw?
Was he the king who'd come
To save the world, to hold in awe?
Surely I was wrong
Did I miss the sign ?
Now all the years I lost
When He was right there all the time
The one...the son...of god