Mary Songtext
von Anne Heaton

Are the outside walls of your house
Made out of bookshelves facing out?
Do you house a gorilla in the back?
Does he live in silence with a bag on his head?
Do you go to the grocery to seek your light?
Does he begin to tremble when he hears you say
That you have more in common with your childhood enemy
Than you do with your old best friend Mary?

Oh, I had a best friend and her name was Mary
And she was my golden airborne
Oh, I had a best friend and her name was Mary
And she was my golden airborne

I wouldn′t believe you if you crossed your heart
Said we grew up in the same town but appeared so far apart
And if you swore to God and hoped to die
That there'd be no reason why


Oh, I had a best friend and her name was Mary
And she was my golden airborne
Oh, I had a best friend and her name was Mary
And she was my golden airborne

Oh, all the girls that fill the dreams
I never knew Christina was crying to create
Or a parking lot playground smart
I never knew Christina was crying

We tried on makeup and we tried to get thin
The boys on our fifth grade soccer team
They said we could be skins or Hilberty
But out inside did things get too twisted for you to stand upright?

Oh, I had a best friend and her name was Mary
And she was my golden airborne
Oh, I had a best friend and her name was Mary
And she was my golden airborne

Are the outside walls of your house
Made out of bookshelves facing out?
Do you house a gorilla in the back?
Does he live in silence with a bag on his head?
Do you have more in common with your childhood enemy
Than you do with your old best friend Mary?