Summer Dress

[Verse 1]

I put on my finest summer dress

So light and thin, it was my best

I brushed my hair, I held my breath

I went out to face the wilderness

I went out to face the wilderness

[Verse 2]

The men in hats, the boys on bikes

The perfect girls, the baby dykes

The superstars, the blighted ones

I went out to face them one by one

I went out to face them one by one

[Chorus]

I said goodbye MaryAnn

As you turn to watch me

Don't cry MaryAnn

And don't try to stop me

[Verse 3]

'Cause I'm gonna go where the lights are bright

Where sacred secrets sail like kites

We've been sleeping girl all our lives

And we never lived, no we just survived

We never lived, we just survived

[Verse 4]

I'll take my heart, I'll take my key

I'll find out who could care for me

Are there pots of gold, are there floods and fires?

Are there thieves and beggars, saints and liars?

Are there thieves and beggars, saints and liars?

[Chorus]

And so goodbye MaryAnn

As you turn to watch me

Don't cry MaryAnn

And don't try to stop me

[Verse 4]

I put on my finest summer dress

So light and thin, torn at the chest

I brushed my hair, I held my breath

I went out to face the wilderness

I went out to face the wilderness

[Outro]

MaryAnn