Standard (EADGBE)

 if God takes you he leaves

 each footprint of love

 and kindness behind

 which is where you once stood

 and i know you're afraid

 to get on the plane

 after what happened that day

 and selfishly i want you here in my way

 but animals come

 and animals go

 but love is just a laundry line

 we hang on unto

 we're dried out by the sun

 and when you think your turn is done

 you end up getting dirty

 and its all again begun

 now words i think are just

 a noisy dirty wind

 makes the trouble we get in

 so why do we speak?

 now we made another war

 that's what men are good for

 men with stupid insecurities

not a lot more

 and satisfied they try

 it's written about a gun

 but who the hell reads history?

 apparently not men

 cause nothing's guaranteed

 except the politics of need

 did the Romans see the ship go down

were they asleep?

 I shouldn't expect to live

 And I shouldn't expect to die

 But I wouldnt mind being beside you, dear

 On that laundry line to dry

 And for my grandma and brother

 My father and my mother

 And you my sweetest lover

 To you all I will say

 Merry Christmas I love you

 And God is above you

 Merry christmas I love you

 And God is above you

 Merry christmas I love you