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Calling on Mary

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I heard the sidewalk Santa say:
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
Salvation's coming cheap today
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas

I searched the skyline for a star
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
And baby I wondered where you are
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas

'Cause comfort's not possible when
You look past the joy to the end

Calling on Mary is voluntary
Unless you're alone like me
If there's a star above, then it can look like love
When they light up the Christmas tree

When I was young I couldn't see
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
All that my true love gave to me
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas

She offered sight to the blind
But I'm not the miracle kind

Calling on Mary is voluntary
Unless you're alone like me
If there's a star above, then it can look like love
When they light up the Christmas tree

And to all the lost souls down below:
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
What's one more drifter in the snow?
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!

If there's a star above, then it can look like love
When they light up the Christmas tree
If there's a star above, then it can look like love
When they light up the Christmas tree

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sillybunny On Dec 29, 2006

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I heard the sidewalk Santa say: 
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas 
Salvation's coming cheap today 
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas

I searched the skyline for a star 
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas 
And baby I wondered where you are 
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas

'Cause comfort's not possible when 
You look past the joy to the end

Calling on Mary is voluntary 
Unless you're alone like me 
If there's a star above, then it can look like love 
When they light up the Christmas tree

When I was young I couldn't see 
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas 
All that my true love gave to me 
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas

She offered sight to the blind 
But I'm not the miracle kind

Calling on Mary is voluntary 
Unless you're alone like me 
If there's a star above, then it can look like love 
When they light up the Christmas tree

And to all the lost souls down below: 
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas 
What's one more drifter in the snow? 
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!

If there's a star above, then it can look like love 
When they light up the Christmas tree 
If there's a star above, then it can look like love 
When they light up the Christmas tree

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2006-12-29 15:07:42

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Cover art for Calling on Mary lyrics by Aimee Mann

by sillybunny

19y ago

A nice Mann composition from One More Drifter in the Snow; a cd I really enjoy. It's a lost love kind of song. What's one more drifter in the snow to a love goddess like Mary? It's okay--the drifter's not the miracle kind ...

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by idgy 14y ago

Nise Mann?

Cover art for Calling on Mary lyrics by Aimee Mann

by sillybunny

16y ago

And baby I wondered where you are Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas

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