Mary (Patty Griffin)

Mary, you’re covered in roses, you’re covered in ashes, 

You’re covered in rain, 

You’re covered in babies, you’re covered in slashes, 

You’re covered in wilderness, you’re covered in stains, 

You cast aside the sheet, you cast aside the shroud 

Of another man, who served the world proud 

You greet another son, you lose another one 

On some sunny day and always stay, Mary... 

Jesus says Mother I couldn’t stay another day longer, 

Flies right by me, leaves a kiss upon her face 

While the angels are singing his praises in a blaze of glory 

Mary stays behind and starts cleaning up the place 

Mary she moves behind me 

She leaves her fingerprints everywhere 

Every time the snow drifts, every way the sand shifts, 

Even when the night lifts, she’s always there 

[Refrain]

Mary you’re covered in roses, you’re covered in ruin, 

You’re covered in secrets 

You’re covered in treetops, you’re covered in birds 

Who can sing a million songs without any words 

You cast aside the sheets, you cast aside the shroud 

Of another man, who served the world proud 

You greet another son, you lose another one 

On some sunny day, and always stay 

Mary, Mary, Mary 

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