Mary Jane Songtext
von Simone White

Mary Jane got married at seventeen
He was the loveliest man she′d ever seen
Till the day, six months after the baby came,
He became a man who inflicts pain

Mary Jane forgot her past and changed her name
She learned to sing the blues
Sewed on sequins and high-heeled shoes

She took off her glasses and took the stage
The audience vanished in the haze
She bowed and 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 pray he'll be the first to leave
She gave her life to a 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