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Silent Night — The Temptations
Start Me Up — The Rolling Stones
Little Red Riding Hood — Nine Nine Nine
Jump — Van Halen
Push — Matchbox 20
Boom Boom Pow — The Black Eyed Peas
Take Me Away — Avril Lavigne
Please Forgive Me — Bryan Adams
On the Road Again — Willie Nelson
Third Time Lucky — Foghat

Carly Berg’s stories have been published in several dozen journals and anthologies–including PANK, Word Riot, and Bartleby Snopes–as well as nominated for a Pushcart prize. She has never tackled a pope.