Mary Singletary

[Verse 1] Spent all last week sneaking around Looking over my shoulder and peeking around the corners Sick with worry that God would cut me down With a grand piano falling like a cartoon from the Warner's Would you come to a Catholic mass? Will you be my favorite mourner? [Chorus] Mary, Mary Singletary Father says I must confess Say my fifteen Hail Marys Dressed in my Sunday best [Verse 2] A funeral on Wednesday I served with Father Sullivan He sat in the sacristy drinking watered down whisky Told me “Before you know it, the curtain’s gonna close up They’ll be putting you in a box, kid, and carrying you away” Would you come to say farewell? Would you dare to kneel and pray? [Chorus] Mary, Mary Singletary Father says I must confess Say my fifteen Hail Marys Dressed in my Sunday best [Bridge] She says even though she’s not perfect, she’s loved She is adamant that her faith is enough I read way too far into all of this stuff I keep confessing that I can’t contain all this lust [Verse 3] Well, here I am in my bed and I can hear the church bells I’m thinking about dying and I’m feeling unwell TNT, dynamite, blow it all sky high, I might Light an ACME match and shed my earthen vessel Will you sing “Make Me a Channel” Before they ship me straight down to Hell? [Chorus] Mary, Mary Singletary Father says I must confess Say my fifteen Hail Marys Dressed in my Sunday best Mary Singletary You make my heart content I say my Hail Marys Thinking of when we’ll meet next Singletary Whoa