"Xmas Song" genre: Folk Punk
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	a meditative postmodern carol with a single voice and a Stratocaster
	CD: Angels Wait   Label: angelfins music Credits: written, performed, and recorded by Littlebird
	Story Behind the Song I used to work at a 24-hr. care nursery for young children who were drug-exposed and/or HIV-positive. One of the kids died from AIDS- related illness at the age of 2 1/2. Another was diagnosed with a form of autism. This song is for them. Lyrics Jesus was born today Thats what the Christians say Child in a manger crib Spit running down his bib I held him in my arms He was a sad and quiet kid He liked to climb, and when he fell wed cry together Mary was born a saint Thats what the Catholics say Girl on a donkeys back Virginity intact Slouching off to Bethlehem She needs a fix She needs her Frankincense tonight Patron saint of miracles Ive let your candle burn down For in this world were always lost And only sometimes found, sometimes found Sometimes found Tiny lights on the tree I listlessly watch TV Youve fallen off to sleep You make me out to be so strong, so strong But Im not strong, I stand alone I dont have the answers, I dont speak your language Its so hard to carry on You smile at the ceiling, but never at me Jesus was born today Never saw him again Black boy with Buckwheat braids This time was all we had One moment in memory One small hand Flutters in the air He spins around with a sock in his teeth Trees above like kaleidoscopes Gold like the sun in his eyes on the day that I watched on Im not that strong I dont have the answers, I dont understand it And even less since hes been gone Its too late to take him, hes already free Patron saint of miracles Ive let your candle burn down For in this world were always lost And only sometimes found, sometimes found Sometimes found Mary was made a saint Left weeping at the grave She had a son to raise He had a world to save She had to let go, and where he went shell never know Patron saint of miracles Ive let your candle burn down For in this world were always lost And only sometimes found, sometimes found Sometimes found

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