Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Verse 1

 The churchyard is frozen

 The Salvation Army is closin'

 Your child is dozin' asleep

In the backseat

 The radio purrs

 The heater is sweeter than when your heart was hers

 Going home

Verse 2

 I can't get sleep

Bethlehem is a flock of sheep

 With no shepherd to cling to

 An angel to sing to

Magi to bring you myrrh

 The radio purrs

Verse 3

 A mansion of saviors

I-75 is a dark roadway lined

 With the wild electricity of the

 Animal behaviors

 The bodies of young deer

 The fam'ly it leads to

 The sacrifice needs to not mar

 The bright beacon star

Verse 4

 No vacancy taken

 The landscape is bone-chalk yet wet with vibrations

 From the lamp-lit gas stations

 Our few constellations

 To course lapping anger onto

 A manger of patience

Verse 5

 I'll see you at morning

 The sterile air coming

 From the yard will come white light

 The memory of last night

 The sickness and thickness of the

 Christmas glow swarming

Outro