Mary, carry your babe Bound up tight like lips around a whimper Your fingers over my face Blind eyed Samson driven to the temple And night birds digging until dawn Freedom hangs like heaven over everyone Aint nobody knows what the newborn holds But his mama says hell walk on water And wander back home Wander back home Mary, carry your shame Well past all those eyes across the avenue Fish heads running from rain You know Ill do anything you want me to Lamp oil lovers may say Freedom hangs like heaven over everyone Aint nobody knows what the newborn holds But his papas going to hide shaking gristle And shaking like bone Shaking like bone Mary, carry my name Hoof marks hacked up all I had to offer you Looked all over this place Lost your portrait lately when the winter blew In like Herod and them Freedom hangs like heaven over everyone Aint nobody knows what the newborn holds But a dollar says hell lick that devil And do it alone Do it alone Do it alone
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