ODE TO MARY

[Verse: Moor Mother]

Ode to Mary

Free spirits, free truth

My mama pinned a rose on me

I went to see, I went to see, I went to see

Mary Lou Williams played "Scorpio"

Ran them keys back inside the piano

Free spirits, free spirits

Free truth, free in the air

So sharp, so sharp

B Sharp, so sharp

So sharp they bleed

My mama pinned a rose on me

My mama pinned a rose on me

I went to see, I went to see, I went to see

Ode to Mary, ode to Mary

Spirits, free truth

Free in the air

So sharp, B Sharp

So sharp, so sharp they bleed

My mama pinned a rose on me

My mama pinned the rosary

My mama pinned the rose on me

Ode to Mary, yeah, ode to Mary

My mama pinned a rose on me

My mama pinned a rose on me

My mama pinned the rosary

I went to see, I went to see

Mary Lou Williams

Ode to Mary

[Outro: Mary Lou Williams]

Took me to his grandmother's house

And I prayed at least eleven months before I came back to America

I cancelled all my work and everything and

I began praying for at least ten years straight

Off and on, Dizzy Gillespie, such a wonderful guy

He'd call me to go out on gigs with him

And I'd go back in the house and pray again, you know?