Of course I love Shane MacGowan's Fairytale of New York & its majestic pathos and melancholy and it could be the greatest Christmas song. But it's not really about Christmas. For a song about Christmas & what it really means, there's a sublime hillbilly hymn for that. 1/4
In Steve Earle's Nothing But a Child, the Wise Men "chased a brand new star ever toward the west, Across the mountains far. But when it came to rest They scarce believed their eyes. They'd come so many miles
And this miracle they prized was nothing but a child." 2/4
And this miracle they prized was nothing but a child." 2/4
"Nothing but a little baby, nothing but a child." A heresy of a kind, but that's the miracle in it. Jesus was just a human child, just as in the auld book Matthew is a mere human. Mark is a lion. John is an Eagle. Luke is an Ox. 3/4 
"Nothing but a child could wash those tears away
Or guide a weary world into the light of day.
And nothing but a child could help erase those miles,
So once again we all can be children for a while."
So be children for a while. Happy Christmas all.
4/4
Or guide a weary world into the light of day.
And nothing but a child could help erase those miles,
So once again we all can be children for a while."
So be children for a while. Happy Christmas all.
4/4
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