Mary Lyrics - Ben Harper

( Patty Griffin Cover ) 

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 serves the world proud 

You greet another son and you lose another one 

On some sunny day and always you stay 

Mary 

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Jesus said Mother I couldn't stay another day longer 

He flies right by and leaves a kiss upon her face 

While the angels were singin' his praises in a blaze of glory 

Mary stays behind and starts cleaning up the place 

Oh Mary 

You move behind me 

You leave you fingerprints everywhere 

Everytime the snow drifts 

Every way the sand shifts 

Even when the night lifts, you're always there 

You cast aside the sheet 

You cast aside the shroud 

Of another man, who serves the world proud 

You greet another son and you lose another one 

On some sunny day and always you stay 

Mary 

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Jesus said Mother I couldn't stay another day longer 

He flies right by and leaves a kiss upon her face 

While the angels were singin' his praises in a blaze of glory 

Mary stays behind and starts cleaning up the place 

Oh Mary 

You're covered in roses 

You're covered in ruins 

You're covered in secrets 

Your'e covered in treetops 

You're covered in birds 

Who can sing a million songs without any words 

You cast aside the sheet 

You cast aside the shroud 

Of another man, who serves the world proud 

You greet another son and you lose another one 

On some sunny day and always you stay 

Always you stay 

Mary 

Na, na, na... 

Oh Mary