Key: Ab major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Amber
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said we're up here for the hol iday
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Db
Jane and I were having solstice,
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now we need a place to stay
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And her Christ -loving uncle
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watched his wife hang Mary on a tree
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You watched his son hang candy canes
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all made with red dye number three
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He told his niece, it's Christmas Eve,
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I know our life is not just style
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She said, Christmas is like solstice,
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So the Christians and the pagans
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sat together at the table
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Finding faith and com mon ground,
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the best that they were able
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Just before the meal was served,
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sending hope for peace on earth
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to all their gods and god desses.
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the meal had gone without a hitch
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till Timmy turned to Amber and said,
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Is it true that you're a witch?
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His mom jumped up and said,
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and she hit the kitchen
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she said it's true
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but we love trees we love the snow
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the friends we have the world we share
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and you find magic from your God
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and we find magic everywhere
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so the Christians and the pagans
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sat together at the table
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Finding faith and com
mon ground,
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manifest that they were ready
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Where does magic come from?
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I think magic's in the learning
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Ab
holy pumpkin pies are burning
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her aunt said, really, no, don't bother
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Amber's uncle saw how Amber
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looked like him and like her father
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He thought about his brother,
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how they had n't spoken in a year
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He thought he'd call him up
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He thought of father, sons,
and brothers,
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saw his own son tug his sleeve
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Saying, can I be a pagan?
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Dad said, we'll discuss it when they leave
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So the Christians and the pagans
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sat together at the table
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Finding faith and com mon ground,
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the best that they were able
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Lighting trees in darkness,
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learning new ways from the old
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And making sense of history,
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and drawing warmth out of
Outro 1
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Ab
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