It's About the Cross

(As recorded by the Ball Brothers)

Words & Music by Jamison Statema
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not just a -bout the man - ger where the ba - by lay. It's not all a -bout the an - gels who
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sang for Him that day. It's not all a -bout the shep - herds or the bright and shin - ing
tro -phies that I've won. It's not a - bout the right - eous - ness that I nd with
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we could be born a - gain. It's a -bout the stone that was rolled a - way, so that

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