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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
Fly's right by me and leaves a kiss upon her face
While the angels are singin' 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 time the sand shifts
Even when the night lifts, she's always there
Jesus said Mother I couldn't stay another day longer
Fly's right by me and leaves a kiss upon her face
While the angels are singin' his praises in a blaze of glory
Mary stays behind and starts cleaning up the place
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
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
Fly's right by me and leaves a kiss upon her face
While the angels are singin' 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 time the sand shifts
Even when the night lifts, she's always there
Jesus said Mother I couldn't stay another day longer
Fly's right by me and leaves a kiss upon her face
While the angels are singin' his praises in a blaze of glory
Mary stays behind and starts cleaning up the place
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
Lyrics submitted by jewel20
Track duration: 06:23
"Mary" as written by Aaron Michael Cox, Marcos Enrique Palacios, Tyler Daniel Cordy, David Dalton, Marc Griffin, Livvi Franc, Matt Reagan, Ali Tamposi, Matt Warshauer, Ernest Clark
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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How could people say it's about her grandmother? Did Patty mention that? "Jesus said, "mother I couldn't stay another day longer." " He flys right by and leaves a kiss upon her face." How much more explicit does she have to be.
Patty equates the Virgin Mary with the Earth Goddess, Gaia. She's covered in roses, slashes, wilderness, etc. It's the earth personified as the feminine Earth Goddess, Gaia, Mary.
Oh Mary she moves behind me
She leaves her fingerprints everywhere
Everytime the snow drifts, every way the sand shifts
Even when the night lifts, she's always there
In Sons of Anarchy, that scene when the mother tells them her secret was one of the most powerful scenes Iv ever seen in a tv show. She took a sacrifice of her pride as a women and told them she was raped, but she knew they had to know. I love that scene because it shows how an event so terrible as the rape of a mother actually units the Husband and the Son just when their hatred is about to destroy the family. And for me thats has a lot of meaning.
This song will make a beautiful funeral song. Its a very sad song, but I hope it is used to celebrate the importance of woman around the world instead.
beautiful song....