The Blues, Mary

[Verse 1]

I learned how to hammer

In the burning August sun

I learned how to lie and cheat

How to steal and just how to run

I fell asleep most nights

Somebody else's blood on my tongue, your tongue

You learn just how to run

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But it's just the blues, Mary, the blues

Swirling around my head like your dreams in Dorothy's shoes

I'm somewhere over the rainbow for you

[Verse 2]

I learned how to cry

In them lonesome September nights

I learned to get by

With the dogs and the dirt and the charm of the street

I fell asleep most nights

With your pictures right behind my eyes, your eyes

The killer and the victim

Right at the same time

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[Bridge]

And cause your smile

Is bright like the ramparts on the 4th of July

And my baby swings like a boxer

And sends her right hooks under my chin

She cries like a baby

And she wears me just like a ring

Cries like a baby

And she wears me just like a ring

I'd rather go than watch you leave

[Verse 3]

I learned how to swagger

I learned how to hold you while your body burn

I learned how to compromise

While this whirlwind hurricane turned

We fell asleep most nights

With each other's blood on our tongues

My love

Have you ever just had enough?

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