Mary Jane - Simone White

Mary Jane

Got married at 17

He was the loveliest man she’d ever seen

Till the day

6 months after the baby came and then

He became the man who inflicts pain

Mary Jane

Forgot her past and changed her name

She learned to sing the blues

Sewed-on sequels and high-heeled shoes

She took off her glasses and took the stage

The audience vanished in the haze

She bowed down, blew a kiss

Mary Jane

Was Little Abner’s Daisy Mae

A sweet Marlene

The geisha girl and Salome

A cowgirl too

She spun her pistols to the roof

A poor man’s Marilyn Monroe

He never came to sit in the front row

He never heard her sing

They live today

In a quiet suburb of Tampa Bay

He drives to the bank

Takes her out to eat at Burger King

She walks the dog

Keeps the radio on in every room

A silver wedding anniversary

The children play he’ll be the first to leave

She gave her life to the man who wanted just a wife

Mary Jane

Was Little Abner’s Daisy Mae

A sweet Marlene

The geisha girl and Salome

A cowgirl too

She spun her pistols to the roof