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Dear Santa
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Dear Santa,
It’s that time of year again
I know it’s too much
To ask you to change the hearts of men
But if you see Marley’s ghost rapping on a door
You send in the ghost of Annie Moore
We used to take ‘em in as they came
Cough, shower, and shorten your name
So you bring me a list of a mother’s new plans,
Some cold defendants on the witness stand,
And a statue of liberty on the Rio Grande
Dear Santa,
Don’t they get tired of all the hating?
They even brought Ms. Nielsen in
The cruelty helps with their ratings
They’re hurting people just trying to turn their pages
We’re all mixed up about who belongs in cages
Dear Santa,
You’ll need no bag to bring me toys in
Just make my mom and dad
Swear off that Fox News poison
Santa, you fly, I’ll buy - anything you order
Everyone deserves a break after a long night of crossing borders
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Two pops fill the air and soon we will find
As a young boy's body goes down
There's no God in heaven, just a thin blue line
Between the protected and bound
Mr McGinty: "This case sure is tough
It was all just a misunderstanding
But look at the poor man he's suffered enough
He's fallen with no way of landing"
The family grieved, the community roared
The authorities struck up their sweeping
But the newspapers howled that the rug was engorged
As reckoning day came a-creeping
An unstable man, in a previous post
He'd been deemed unfit for duty
And now he'd move on, leaving his host
To carry that mournful beauty
As water finds its level, he's gone to where
He can roll in the muck 'neath the stench of Bellaire
The world spun round and the noise died down
They'd burned everything but his pride
But the boys in blue and the men in brown
Said they'd always stand by his side
Flanagan ran a disorderly ship
He'd developed a reputation
You averted your eyes and you gave him no lip
You minded your manners and station
He said "Timmy my boy, we've seen what they've done
You have no cause for hiding
Come down to Bellaire here's a badge and a gun
And a perch atop the law abiding"
I've travelled the world, but nothing compares
To the smell of the foul stench of Bellaire
Cudell Park gazebo sits haunted and bare
And flowers appear each November
Laid down for a young life shot down by a pair
Of men who try not to remember
The story I've told you has come to a close
And it's all such a dangerous business
To reach out your hand to forgive those
Who have yet to ask for forgiveness
Now you and I know that life isn't fair
But you've always a place in hell or Bellaire
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Doug McKean Cleveland, Ohio
Catchy songs and biting lyrics with a variety of sounds ranging from punk to soul to folk.
New single 'The Stars Have All Fallen from Your Sky' out now!
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