Written by Mark Mikel
String arrangement by Scott Hunt
lyrics
Miracles Come (Once In A While)
After all the misfires at the start
A moment to sigh
Calms me through the lateness of the hours
Awake and moon dried
Ooh, my darlin'
All you're bringing to the table
Has overflowed beyond any doubt
You're living proof
Miracles come once in a while
Happens in so many years
So many miles
The customary cost of yanking chains
Is virtue denied
Talking with or running into walls
The need was implied
Ooh, my darlin'
Takes a petty situation
And turns It over
Pointing out very clearly the truth
That miracles come once in a while
I can't be constantly wrong all of the time
Patronizing pricks the fingered fate
The jokester replied
The catterwhallin cats of yesterday
Are moaning outside
Ooh, darlin'
It doesn't really take a train car
To run me over
Before you see a major changed attitude
Miracles come once in a while
Once in a while
So many miles
So many miles
Once in a while
credits
from Marigold Something,
released March 21, 2021
Dan Chalmers - drums
David Murnen - backing vocals
Mark Mikel - lead and backing vocals, piano, guitar, Mellotron, tambourine
Zak Freed - bass
Kristina Freed - backing vocals
Cecilia Johnson - violin
Dana Mader - violin
Susan Schreiber - viola
James Anderson - cello
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XTC had their moment in time...this recording extends it...Full of small, tight , quirky songs it juz rolls along. Recommended but maybe only for XTC fans.. cwhitney
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