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"SPIRIT TREE!"--MO        December 20, 1972        NO.194--GP

Copyright December, 1972 by The Children of God P.O.Box 31, London
WC2E 7LX England, or B.P.752, 75123 Paris Cedex 03 France

I was dreaming about a Christmas tree, the gifts, etc when these words began coming to me in my sleep:

       You can have your little baubles
       And your Merry Christmas tree
       But all I want for Christmas
       is the Spirit wild and free!

       For the Son of God was given
       And was hung upon a tree,
       And the only Gift for Christmas
       Is His Gift for you and me!

       It's the Spirit of that Christmas
       That gives life to you and me
       For a very Happy New Year
       And a life that's wild and free!

       Give me spirit, give me spirit!
       Oh that's the life for me!
       So for a Happy New Year
       Give me Spirit that is free!

       It's the Spirit, it's the Spirit!
       It's the Spirit wild and free!
       It's the Spirit, it's the Spirit!
       Oh that's the life for me!

       You can have your earthly treasures
       Your silver and your gold,
       You can live a life of a pleasure
       Like a tale that's often told.

       You can have flesh without measure
       From your birth till you get old,
       But the Spirit, it's the Spirit
       That can never yet be sold!

       It's the Spirit, it's the Spirit
       Of life that's wild and free,
       It's the Spirit, it's the Spirit!
       It's the Spirit that's for me!

       You can travel in the Spirit
       From the Moon to distant Mars,
       You can travel by the Spirit,
       Hitch your wagon to the stars!

       You can travel in the Spirit
       So much further than in cars,
       It's the Spirit, it's the Spirit
       That keeps breaking all your jars!

       It's the Spirit, it's the Spirit!
       It's the Spirit that's for me!
       In the Spirit, in the Spirit
       You can live a life that's free!

       In the Spirit, in the Spirit
       You can travel without rhyme,
       In the Spirit, in the Spirit
       Everything can be a mime!

       In the Spirit, in the Spirit
       You can live in any clime,
       In the Spirit, in the Spirit
       You're not bound by tide or time!

       It's the Spirit, it's the Spirit,
       It's the Spirit that's for me!
       Oh the Spirit, Oh the Spirit
       For the life that's wild and free!

       Oh the Spirit, Oh the Spirit
       For the life that's never bound!
       Oh the Spirit, yes the Spirit
       For that place of heavenly sound!

       In the Spirit, in the Spirit
       I can go around and 'round!
       In the Spirit, in the Spirit
       I can never yet be found!

       It's the Spirit, it's the Spirit
       That's the life for me!
       Give me Spirit, give me Spirit
       So I can be wild and free!

       You can have your earthly treasure
       And your silver and your gold,
       You can live a life of pleasure
       Like a tale that's often told.

       You can build your house with measure
       That will decay and will mold,
       It's the Spirit, it's the Spirit
       That has never yet been sold!

       It's the Spirit, it's the Spirit!
       It's the Spirit that's for me!
       It's the Spirit, it's the Spirit!
       It's the life that's full and free!

       In the Spirit, in the Spirit
       I can travel far and wide,
       In the Spirit, in the Spirit
       I'm not bound by time or tide!

       Thru' the Spirit, thru' the Spirit
       I can see the other side,
       By the Spirit, by the Spirit
       I am able there to hide!

       Oh the Spirit, it's the Spirit!
       That's the life for me!
       In the Spirit, by the Spirit
       You can live a life that's free!

       You can have your earthly pleasure
       Your silver and your gold!
       I prefer no earthly measure,
       And a life that ne'er grows old!

       You can live a life of leisure
       And have virtues that are sold-
       But it's the Spirit, just the Spirit
       That will never rot or mold!

       It's the Spirit, it's the Spirit!
       Yes that's the life for me!
       In the Spirit, in the Spirit
       I'm so wildly, wildly free!

       In the Spirit, in the Spirit
       It is better than the flesh,
       For the Spirit, by the Spirit
       You can carnal means enmesh.

       In the Spirit, in the Spirit
       You can go to Bangladesh,
       In the Spirit, in the Spirit
       You can go to Marrakesh!

       Oh the Spirit, it's the Spirit!
       Yes that's the life for me!
       In the Spirit, by the Spirit.
       You can live a life that's free!

       Oh the Spirit, yes the Spirit!
       That's the Life for me!
       In the Spirit, in the Spirit
       Is the only life that's free!

       In the Spirit, in the Spirit
       All my life is like a song,
       In the Spirit, in the Spirit
       I am happy all day long!

       In the Spirit, in the Spirit
       There is much more right than wrong,
       In the Spirit, in the Spirit
       You can really kick the gong!

       Give me Spirit, give me Spirit
       Give me Spirit wild and free!
       Give me Spirit, give me Spirit
       Oh that's the life for me!

       In the Spirit, in the Spirit
       You can love the girls all day,
       In the Spirit, by the Spirit,
       And you never have to pay.

       In the Spirit, through the Spirit
       You can play and play and play!
       When I'm happy in the Spirit
       I don't care what others say!

       Oh the Spirit, yes the Spirit!
       That's the life for me!
       Oh the Spirit, oh the Spirit
       And I'm happy, wild and free!

       You can live a life of Spirit
       In a world that's always free,
       You can live a life of Spirit
       That's not bound by land or sea.

       You can live a life in Spirit
       That no man can ever see,
       You can live a life of Spirit
       And be what you want to be!

       Yes the Spirit, yes the Spirit!
       Oh the Spirit is for me!
       In the Spirit, in the Spirit
       I can live a life that's free!

       In the Spirit, in the Spirit
       I can enter without fee,
       By the Spirit, by the Spirit
       I can windward o'er the lea.

       In the Spirit, through the Spirit
       I can be you or her or me,
       With the Spirit, yes the Spirit
       We can all be them or we!

       Oh the Spirit, yes the Spirit-
       That's the life for me!
       In the Spirit, in the Spirit
       I'm whatever I may be!

       Oh the Spirit, that's the Spirit!
       That's the life for me!
       In the Spirit, just the Spirit,
       Are you really, really free!

       Oh the Spirit, yes the Spirit!
       Yes that's the life for me!
       For the Spirit, by the Spirit
       In the Spirit you are free!

       Oh the Spirit, blessed Spirit,
       How I thank Thee, for by Thee
       I am always in the Spirit
       And I live a life that's free!

       Oh I thank Thee for Thy Spirit
       Thou hast given unto me,
       For it's only by Thy Spirit
       I have truly been set free!

       Oh in Spirit, yes in Spirit
       Won't you come along with me?
       For by Jesus' precious Spirit
       We can both be wild and free!

       (Crazy thoughts of David,
       So happy wild and free!
       You must never dare attribute
       That these words were made by me!
       You must lay aside your tablet
       And must bottle up thy pen,
       For the wondrous words of David
       Are not all for mortal ken,
       Neither are the words of David
       Always understood by men,
       But the Spirit will interpret
       If you ever have a yen!-
       -If you hear the harp of David
       In his spiritual den!)

       Oh the Spirit, oh the Spirit!
       It's the only life that's free!
       Oh the precious Holy Spirit!
       That's the life for me!

       Neither whisky, wine nor spirits
       Can beholden what I see,
       But God's precious Holy Spirit
       Is the only One for me!

       Oh the Spirit, yes the Spirit!
       That's the only life for me!
       For it's only in His Spirit
       I can really be so free!

       In the Spirit, in the Spirit
       Yes that's the life for me!
       For it's only by His Spirit
       I can ever be set free!

       Oh God's precious Holy Spirit
       Is like a lovely tree!
       So come on my dears and darlings,
       Won't you climb it up with me?

       Oh the Spirit, I love the Spirit,
       In the Spirit I am free!
       Oh God's precious Holy Spirit
       That's the only gift for Me!

       In God's precious Holy Spirit
       We can sing and dance so free!
       O my dears and O my darlings
       Won't you come along with me?

       Give me Spirit, give me Spirit
       For the life that's wild and free!
       I only want the Spirit
       For my Merry Christmas Tree!

       For the Son of God was given
       And was hung upon a tree,
       And the only Gift for Christmas
       Is His Gift for you and me!

       You can have your little baubles
       And your Merry Christmas tree!
       But all I want for Christmas
       Is the Spirit wild and free!

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