Song of the day- Do you hear what I hear?
Alright kids, it's time to crank it up to full holiday music count down extravaganza and I know just who to take us there. You may know her as the voice of that famous Disney ice lady, but to me she is the fuel to my Broadway obsession started decades ago when I would spend my friday nights blaring the RENT soundtrack driving around my small Texas town with my friend Paul, singing our faces off....and yes this was our life, clearly the coolest people in town. I've attempted many things to capture Menzel's big voice, perming my hair, buying plastic pants, reciting the entire "over the moon" monologue inappropriately during a Christmas church pageant rehearsal, dyed my skin green and dragged everyone I knew to any form of WICKED i could get my hands on. Though my catalog of bootleg concerts and Broadway VHS tapes have never let me hit that high note, I still might have peed a little when my friend Sean sent me her holiday album. Cuz her voice is a goldmine both musically and now literally. ... But I digress, today's song is one of those true Christmas classics I first heard singing in dusty hymnals at church that make me treasure it all the more now. The excitement people had at what was about to come, that would save them all. That's true Christmas excitement, do you hear it?
If not let Idina Menzel shout it at you while little kids stare in awe.
Said the night wind to the little lamb,
do you see what I see
Way up in the sky, little lamb,
do you see what I see
A star, a star, dancing in the night
With a tail as big as a kite
With a tail as big as a kite
Said the little lamb to the shepherd boy,
do you hear what I hear
Ringing through the sky, shepherd boy,
do you hear what I hear
A song, a song, high above the trees
With a voice as big as the sea
With a voice as big as the sea
Said the shepherd boy to the mighty king,
do you know what I know
In your palace warm, mighty king,
do you know what I know
A Child, a Child shivers in the cold
Let us bring Him silver and gold
Let us bring Him silver and gold
Said the king to the people everywhere,
listen to what I say
Pray for peace, people everywhere!
listen to what I say
The Child, the Child, sleeping in the night
He will bring us goodness and light
He will bring us goodness and light
do you see what I see
Way up in the sky, little lamb,
do you see what I see
A star, a star, dancing in the night
With a tail as big as a kite
With a tail as big as a kite
Said the little lamb to the shepherd boy,
do you hear what I hear
Ringing through the sky, shepherd boy,
do you hear what I hear
A song, a song, high above the trees
With a voice as big as the sea
With a voice as big as the sea
Said the shepherd boy to the mighty king,
do you know what I know
In your palace warm, mighty king,
do you know what I know
A Child, a Child shivers in the cold
Let us bring Him silver and gold
Let us bring Him silver and gold
Said the king to the people everywhere,
listen to what I say
Pray for peace, people everywhere!
listen to what I say
The Child, the Child, sleeping in the night
He will bring us goodness and light
He will bring us goodness and light
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