She'll Never Be Your Wife (Phase One) - Irma Thomas

Songs In Red And Gray

(I'll Never Be) Your Maggie May

I’ll never be your Maggie May

The one you loved and left behind

The face you see in light of day

And then you cast away

That isn’t me in that bed you’ll find

I’d rather take myself away

Be like those ladies in Japan

Rather paint myself a face

Conjure up some grace

Or be the eyes behind a fan

And so you go

No girl could say no

To you

There’s the way we may appear

But that will change from day to night

Would you ever see within?

Underneath the skin?

Could I believe you had that sight?

And so you go

No girl could say no

To you

I’ll never be your Maggie May

The one you loved and then forgot

I’ll love you first and let you go

Because it must be so

And you’ll forgive or you will not

And so a woman leaves a man

And so a world turns on it’s end

So I’ll see your face in dreams

Where nothing’s what it seems

You still appear some kind of friend

And so you go

No girl could say no

To you

Songs In Red And Gray

(I'll Never Be) Your Maggie May