Name: For Mary
Duration: P00H04M29S
Description: This tune is dedicated to the memory of Marvelous Mary. A circus performer in the Sparks Brothers Circus, Mary was hanged on September 13, 1916.

For Mary

from Cryptomnesia by Radiant Darling

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This tune is dedicated to the memory of Marvelous Mary. A circus performer in the Sparks Brothers Circus, Mary was hanged on September 13, 1916.

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There’s a skeleton in a train yard out in East Tennessee 
Where the work’s all about the same with her faint memory

On the fifteenth car, a 5-ton Asian dancing routine 
She’s a stunning spectacle prize who lived a died a marvel queen 
Where right is wrong is right it depends on who’s telling

When Red walked into town and joined the circus parade 
He didn’t know what to do with his hands that day 
He tried to tame her wild, but it turned out to kill him

And for you – a never done before 
Yes, the beast will hang Falling down dying for you
Well, she knew better than that….

And for you – a never done before
 Yes, the beast will hang
 Falling from the chains that you made  
And for your laws around her neck
 Falling down dying for you.

Well, she knew better than that….

Copyright © 2005 Ami Saraiya/Scott Blackburn

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from Cryptomnesia, released January 1, 2005

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