# Christmas Is Now Drawing Near
| __Title__: | Christmas Is Now Drawing Near |
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*__Christmas Is Now Drawing Near__* is a song originally released on Coil’s 1999 single “*[[Releases/Winter Solstice|Winter Solstice]]*”.
## Lyrics
> Christmas is now drawing near at hand
> Come serve the lord and be at his command
> And God a portion for you will provide
> And give a blessing to your soul besides
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> Down in the garden, where flowers grow in ranks
> Down on your bended knee and give the lord thanks
> Down on your knees and pray both night and day
> Leave off your sins and live upright, I pray
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> So proud and lofty is some sort of sin
> Which many take delight and pleasure in
> Whose conversation God doth much dislike
> And yet he shakes his sword before he strikes
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> So proud and lofty do some people go
> Dressing themselves like players in the show
> They patch and paint and dress with idle stuff
> As if God had not made them fine enough
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> Even little children learn to curse and swear
> And can’t rehearse one word of godly prayer
> Oh, teach them better, teach them to rely
> On Christ, the sinner’s friend who reigns on high
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