No proper place No regal palace To receive a royal birth God's gift of love Wrapped in an blanket Would be His way to reach the earth A bed of straw became a cradle Embracing God in human form One would expect more than a stable But where else would a Lamb be born? But where else would a Lamb be born? No stately house No noble mansion Where He would reign in majesty The path He chose Led to an altar Where He would give His life for me A bed of straw became a cradle Embracing God in human form One would expect more than a stable But where else would a Lamb be born? But where else would a Lamb be born? He is the great I Am The sacrificial lamb Who takes away the sins of the world ♪ A bed of straw became His cradle Embracing God in human form One would expect more than a stable But where else would a Lamb be born? But where else would a Lamb be born?