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Back of the Barn

from Xmas III: Back of the Barn by Cotter Koopman

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Don’t fear.
He’s here.
Gonna fix your problems, light up the field.
No warrior.
A carpenter.
A teen mother.

Is He there? In the back of the barn?
Gotta look in the feed trough, (the midnight clear,)
under the Christmas tree, (if it’s been a good year,)
on the back of a donkey, (the stunt was not cute,)
on the road to Emmaus, (I thought He was it too,)
It’s not gonna be what you want.
Can I let it be what I need?

The women, we wouldn’t believe them.
But didn’t our hearts burn, before you disappeared?
Stay with us, though you chewed us out. You still feed us.

[Chorus]

Father, stretch my hands, so I can scratch my own back, goddamn.

Is He there?
At the top of the stairs, on the dawn of a snow day.
In the smell of tangerine?
In the back of the party?
On the road to your parents?
It’s not gonna be what you want.
Can I let it be what I need?

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from Xmas III: Back of the Barn, released December 13, 2019

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