Come Home for Christmas

By Matthew West

Lyrics

How long has it been 

Since you felt that feeling of wonder 

Like a child wide awake 

Counting down on Christmas eve 

We’re in such a hurry for life to begin 

But do you ever just wish you could go back again 

What if I told you the young and the old you 

Are not quite as far apart as you might think 


Come home, come home, come home

Come home for Christmas 

Let your heart return once again 

To the joy and the peace

The love and the hope 

It’s all right here waiting 

For you to come home for Christmas 

And come home for good 


Turn around 

And you’ll see 

There’s a light in the window 

A star on the tree 

Leave the past 

At the door 

All the years and the tears 

Let ‘em fall to the floor 


Follow the sound

Of laughter and song

Leading you back to the place 

Where you belong 


Repeat Chorus 

Come home to a manger 

Come home to a story that’s still true 

Come home to the Savior 

Who came down from heaven just for you 


How long has it been

Since you and your heart talked to Jesus