Wait, wait, listen to that soundnThe cannonballs have all fallen down nThe snow, it falls through the nightnAnd blankets the frozen groundnAnd just for one moment n(Just for one moment)nJust for one nightn(One night)nYou can restn(You can rest)nAnd you can rest and not fear the skynnPicture after picture of pain and of strifenI've seen my friends go before my own eyesnYou, your eyes are bluenAnd you, you've lost friends toonAnd you, you're caught in the crossfire of Europe's warnnFor one day, one day onlynThe fighting stopsnFor one day, one day onlynDefenses dropnFor one day, one day onlynBrothers talknFor one day, one day onlynnHold on, stop and praynThere's no movement inside the trenchnThe enemy doesn't look so meannWhen Christmas fires are litnJust for one moment n(Just for one moment)nJust for one nightn(One night)nWe can ben(We can be)nYes, we can be side by side.nnDay after day of fighting and dyingnMy eyes are tired of seeing, of cryingnTonight, the air is cold tonightnOur hearts are warm tonight nWe're caught in the crossfire of Europe's warnnFor one day, one day onlynA child was bornnFor one day, one day onlynOne man diednFor one day, one day onlynHe came back alivenFor one day, one day onlynnLet the bombings come, we can take it all nHell or high water, even if the sky falls nBut, I know we're sunk with all we can takenWhen I look around and I see this heartbreaknn'Cause we weren't meant to inflict such woundsnDoesn't matter who we are or what we have to provenStrike me, I bleed, but won't strike backnLie to me, Jesus has died for thatnThere is nothing you can do to counter lovennFor one day, one day onlynA child was bornnFor one day, one day onlynOne man diednFor one day, one day onlynHe came back alivenFor one day, one day only