Casting Crowns - While You Were Sleeping Lyrics

Complimentary "While You Were Sleeping" Ringtone

Oh little town of Bethlehem 
Looks like another silent night 
Above your deep and dreamless sleep 
A giant star lights up the sky 
And while you're lying in the dark 
There shines an everlasting light 
For the King has left His throne 
And is sleeping in a manger tonight, tonight 

Oh Bethlehem, what you have missed while you were sleeping 
For God became a man 
And stepped into your world today 
Oh Bethlehem, you will go down in history 
As a city with no room for its King 
While you were sleeping 
While you were sleeping 

Oh little town of Jerusalem 
Looks like another silent night 
The Father gave His only Son 
The Way, the Truth, the Life had come 
But there was no room for Him in the world He came to save 

Jerusalem, what you have missed while you were sleeping 
The Savior of the world is dying on your cross today 
Jerusalem, you will go down in history 
As a city with no room for its King 
While you were sleeping 
While you were sleeping 

United States of America 
Looks like another silent night 
As we're sung to sleep by philosophies 
That save the trees and kill the children 
And while we're lying in the dark 
There's a shout heard 'cross the eastern sky 
For the Bridegroom has returned 
And has carried His bride away in the night, in the night 

America, what will we miss while we are sleeping 
Will Jesus come again 
And leave us slumbering where we lay 
America, will we go down in history 
As a nation with no room for its King 
Will we be sleeping 
Will we be sleeping 

United States of America 
Looks like another silent night 

Complimentary "While You Were Sleeping" Ringtone

lyrics submitted by Nanner on 01-09-2005