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 After every day-after-Thanksgiving sale

  the malls just ain't complete

 Without a bunch of decorations and a paper angel tree

There's artificial smiles on artificial tree limbs

Saying what she'd love to have and what to buy for him

 Well i hope Maggie likes her new winter clothes

 and her buggy with a baby doll

 And maybe Tom'll smile with his new nike shoes

  when he shoots that basketball

I can't help but wishing that i could do more

But not just while I'm shopping in the department store

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 Paper angels you're in my thoughts and prayers

No matter where you are right now remember God's right there

He's asking all of us to help take care

 Of his paper angels everywhere

Going through the mail almost every afternoon i see a Mom and Dad's

Worst dream

There on the back of a money-saving ad to get my carpet cleaned

Height, weight, hair, eyes, date missing, and DOB

A child's name, a picture, and the words 'have you seen me?'

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Paper angels you're in my thoughts and prayers

No matter where you are right now remember God's right there

He's asking all of us to help take care

Of his paper angels everywhere

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 His documented bruises fill a folder file

 She's a second grade self-portrait drawn without a smile

 And every town is littered with this kind of debris

 We've got to stop this madness and it's up to you and me

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Paper angels you're in my thoughts and prayers

No matter where you are right now remember God's right there

He's asking all of us to help take care

Of his paper angels everywhere

Paper angels everywhere