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[Verse 1]

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I was anxious to visit the church last night
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I needed something to tell me it will be alright
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I put faith in me for so damn long
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I'm beginning to see where it all went wrong
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Still I put up a tree with our little boys
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On Christmas I'll have them
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So that they can open their toys


[Chorus]
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Merry Christmas mom and dad
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I know my hardship makes you sad
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But there'll come a point when I will get by
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When I wake up tomorrow I'll try not to cry


[Verse 2]
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I was anxious to write to your friend last night
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No matter the outcome she said it'll be alright
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But I can't listen to that, I believe we are more
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The four of us together is what I'm fighting for
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Still I can't make you love me and I understand
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How can you ever return to that man


[Chorus]
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Merry Christmas, lovely girl
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Behind that wall there is a pearl
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I hope you travel a joyful road
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I'll cover my hurt, so I can carry your load


[Verse 3]
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I'll keep drawing those pictures And I'll keep painting those toys
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I'll count on my blessings, embrace all my joys
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I think I always wonder what could have been
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If we'd had opened our hearts and just tried again
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So I will be thankful, I finally see
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That selfish old man that you lived with Is not me


[Chorus]
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Merry Christmas, oh my lord
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I never know what life has in store
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But I will not fear and I will get by
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I have peace in my heart, until I die
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Merry Christmas mom and dad
  F       C         G         C
I know my hardship makes you sad
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Will there come a point when I will get by
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I'll wake up tomorrow, I'll try not to cry
C                 G     C
Merry Christmas, lovely girl
   F         C         G    C
Behind that wall there is a pearl
C                   G      C
I hope you travel a joyful road
     F        C              G          C
I'll cover my hurt, so I can share your load
C                G      C
Merry Christmas, oh my lord
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I never know what life has in store
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But I will not fear and I will get by
       F          C        G      C
I have peace in my heart, until I die