It’s About The Cross

Songwriter/Composer/Translator Jamison J Statema

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It's not just about the manger
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Where the baby lay
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It's not all about the angels
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Who sang for him that day
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It's not just about the shepherds
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Or the bright and shining star
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It's not all about the wisemen
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Who travelled from afar
 
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It's about the cross
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It's about my sin
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It's about how Jesus came to be born once
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So that we could be born again
 
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It's about the stone
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That was rolled away
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So that you and I could have real life someday
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It's about the cross
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It's about the cross
 
It's not just about the presents
Underneath the tree
It's not all about the feeling
That the season brings to me
It's not just about coming home
To be with those you love
It's not all about the beauty
In the snow I'm dreaming of
 
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It's about the cross
              C
It's about my sin
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It's about how Jesus came to be born once
           Gm            C
So that we could be born again
 
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It's about the stone
                 D   Dm
That was rolled away
        Bb              F         Gm       C
So that you and I could have real life someday
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It's about the cross
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It's about the cross

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The beginning of the story is wonderful and great
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But it's the ending that can save you
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And that's why we celebrate

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It's about the cross
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It's about my sin
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It's about how Jesus came to be born once
        Am          Em    D
So that we could be born again
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It's about God's love
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Nailed to a tree
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It's about every drop of blood that flowed from
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Him when it should have been me

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It's about the stone
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That was rolled away
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So that you and I could have real life someday
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So that you and I could have real life someday
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It's about the cross
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It's about the cross