Gabriel's Song of Delight (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) - Mark Shepard Sings

February 25, 2022 · 2022 MUSIC VIDEOS, A Life In Song, Christmas, Life In Song 1980's, Seasonal Songs, Spiritual Songs, Videos, Winter songs

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<a href="https://markshepard.bandcamp.com/track/gabriels-song-of-delight-song-no-81">Gabriel’s Song of Delight (Song No. 81) by Mark Shepard</a>

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About this song:
This is one my own all time favorite songs to play and sing… and not just during the Christmas holiday season. For me it’s all about the contrast between the other-worldly mystical and the sweetly spiritual mundane miracle of every day life…

Lyrics:
Gabriel’s Song of Delight
Song #81 | November 1985 | Recorded December 2021-January 2022

Shadows dance beneath the streetlight
A stop sign quivers in the wind
The light turns green on Main Street
Giving no indication of the end…

A leaf scrapes, broken on the asphalt
A sidewalk crumbles in the cold
Young girls giggle down the avenue
Repeating what someone else was told…

Refrain:
Oh most silent night
Oh most holy night
Ancient twilight of trumpets and angels
Gabriel’s song of delight

A diesel downshifts on the evening breeze
Someone’s doing dishes downstairs
Life burns brightly through the windows
And scatters out into the falling air

Refrain:

November gives thanks for the harvest
December gives thanks for the Sun
January comes begging…
And takes something from everyone

Refrain:

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia…

© 1985-2009 by Mark Shepard. ASCAP All rights reserved.
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