Joy to the world
Let Heaven and nature sing
Let Heaven and nature sing

Now Jonnie never got his wish on December 25
That's what he said when we left the orphanage
9 years old, but Jonnie was an old soul
Gonna spend his first Christmas in a real home

Showed me a picture that he drew the night before
Was a picture of a man standing outside a door
I asked him who it was and he said someone I only
see in dreams
Comforts me when I cry myself to sleep

Father of the fatherless
Be with your sons and daughters this Christmas
This Christmas

Believe in angels'
Jonnie asked me, starin' at the sky
I said I do and saw a sparkle in his eye
Big brother for the weekend respondin' to the season
Took the chance that givin's better than receivin'
Two nights, a new family, some holiday cheer
We laughed and sang
Came on a midnight clear
We gave, received, and was we headed to a close
We looked to the heavens and it started to snow
down blessings

Father of the fatherless
Be with your sons and daughters this Christmas
[You ain't livin' till you choose to give love