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This is a folk song I wrote when I was living in South Africa, it's about a roomate of mine, her first experience of real violence. She was the most beautiful, kind, wonderfully cheerful person until that day, and so I wrote this song for her.
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Mary Alice
Mary Alice was a girl who lived inside my house,
She'd say there's a way the wind does blow I'd say
I know I know I know
She'd make me tea when I would get upset, and I'd say,
Are these the days we're living in?
One day I came home, found her talking to herself by the trees,
I do remember that that day there was a light breeze
She said you can't believe what I have just seen
Are these the days that we're living in?
I'm never going outside my house,
I didn't know it was so blue.
It's just so cold outside, just so cold outside,
And I don't know what to do
Mary Alice was a girl who lived inside my house,
Her spirit was insane, like marching in the rain.
But this day, there was this coldness in her eyes,
Like she'd grown tired of the skies
On the street this man wore a bloody mask,
Had tried to steal a woman's bag,
The policemen's feet, then they just beat and beat,
And then they laughed and laughed and laughed.
At this point, she cried and the skies were turning awful gray,
I wasn't sure what I could do or I could say.
I looked in her eyes and saw something inside,
Would you believe I saw the sky? I told her
Mary, imagine mirrors in your hands
See how the world shows many views
But those people there, they are trapped and scared
And they don't know what to do,
She started saying,
I didn't know if was so cold outside,
I didn't know it was so blue,
It's just so cold outside it's just so cold outside,
And I said, Mary, only without you,
There are these people in this world who destroy everything they see,
But you know if it was up to me, I'd be in your hands.
There are these places grow so cold, somehow I guess I never always,
But I couldn't live in this cold cold world without you
And equally there are these people who just laugh and say hellos
But when they say I love you, I love you more, I need you more, I love you more
This day you should have seen her face,
Her bright red cheeks and fresh blue tears,
There's a saying that an hour don't make a day,
But there are so many in the years.
But Mary why so sad girl? Why so blue?
Here's another saying that I hold true,
If you believe in life and you believe in love
Well then I believe in you
this world belongs to you
Then I believe in you
And these are the days we're living in
We're living in
Or
Mary Alice was a girl who lived inside my house,
I loved that she loved bats,
She'd say a day was like a thousand leprechauns on pogo sticks
But this day there was a sadness in her eyes
Like she's suddenly grown tired of the skies
And then she told me
Mary Alice was a girl who lived inside my house,
She'd say there's a way the wind does blow I'd say
I know I know I know
She'd make me tea when I would get upset, and I'd say,
Are these the days we're living in?
One day I came home, found her talking to herself by the trees,
I do remember that that day there was a light breeze
She said you can't believe what I have just seen
Are these the days that we're living in?
I'm never going outside my house,
I didn't know it was so blue.
It's just so cold outside, just so cold outside,
And I don't know what to do
Mary Alice was a girl who lived inside my house,
Her spirit was insane, like marching in the rain.
But this day, there was this coldness in her eyes,
Like she'd grown tired of the skies
On the street this man wore a bloody mask,
Had tried to steal a woman's bag,
The policemen's feet, then they just beat and beat,
And then they laughed and laughed and laughed.
At this point, she cried and the skies were turning awful gray,
I wasn't sure what I could do or I could say.
I looked in her eyes and saw something inside,
Would you believe I saw the sky? I told her
Mary, imagine mirrors in your hands
See how the world shows many views
But those people there, they are trapped and scared
And they don't know what to do,
She started saying,
I didn't know if was so cold outside,
I didn't know it was so blue,
It's just so cold outside it's just so cold outside,
And I said, Mary, only without you,
There are these people in this world who destroy everything they see,
But you know if it was up to me, I'd be in your hands.
There are these places grow so cold, somehow I guess I never always,
But I couldn't live in this cold cold world without you
And equally there are these people who just laugh and say hellos
But when they say I love you, I love you more, I need you more, I love you more
This day you should have seen her face,
Her bright red cheeks and fresh blue tears,
There's a saying that an hour don't make a day,
But there are so many in the years.
But Mary why so sad girl? Why so blue?
Here's another saying that I hold true,
If you believe in life and you believe in love
Well then I believe in you
this world belongs to you
Then I believe in you
And these are the days we're living in
We're living in
Or
Mary Alice was a girl who lived inside my house,
I loved that she loved bats,
She'd say a day was like a thousand leprechauns on pogo sticks
But this day there was a sadness in her eyes
Like she's suddenly grown tired of the skies
And then she told me
jesushairdo
now this is a good oldschool folk song!
i enjoyed it. thanks for sharing.