《The Life of Mary May》歌词

[00:00:00] The Life of Mary May - Daisy Chapman

[00:00:02] Mary was born in May

[00:00:06] The heat of '76

[00:00:09] Oh and while she slept her mother wept

[00:00:13] What stricken life is this

[00:00:17] Her father blue collar

[00:00:20] Exported the dollar

[00:00:23] Each winter the squallor

[00:00:27] Protected from his daughter

[00:00:31] And we say oh the life of Mary May

[00:00:46] Mary had just turned three

[00:00:50] When Daddy turned his back

[00:00:53] And while she slept her mother wept

[00:00:57] He's never to come back

[00:01:01] She tucked Mary's hair behind her ear

[00:01:05] A mother's touch divine

[00:01:08] And the tears she cried they didn't dry

[00:01:12] The year 1979

[00:01:17] And we say oh the life of Mary May

[00:01:32] Mary was seventeen

[00:01:36] When she left the house for good

[00:01:39] Her mother'd not recovered from

[00:01:42] The damage from the flood

[00:01:46] Lawyer bills insurance claims

[00:01:49] Left nothing there but debt

[00:01:52] And the spring of '93

[00:01:55] She put a pistol to her head

[00:02:00] And we say oh the life of Mary May

[00:02:27] Now she lives in the basement getting curious stares

[00:02:30] From the man and the lady who are living upstairs

[00:02:34] She had a child she'd be seen as human

[00:02:37] With help from the government and help for schooling

[00:02:40] Impending fate of the welfare state

[00:02:43] As she waits in line at the communion shrine

[00:02:47] Locked in confession with a sinful priest

[00:02:49] Trying to make ends meet with her benefits ceased

[00:02:53] She sells her soul just to pay the rent

[00:02:56] It's the shameless winter of her discontent

[00:03:05] Oh Mary

[00:03:14] Oh Mary

[00:03:23] Oh Mary was thirty three

[00:03:28] When flashing blue outside

[00:03:31] A child surrendered days ago

[00:03:34] A note lay by her side

[00:03:39] Life is full of exits

[00:03:42] And choices make or break

[00:03:45] But all her splendour's wrapped up

[00:03:48] In the bowels of one mistake

[00:03:53] And we say oh the life of Mary May