Marie’s Theme Songtext
von Michael Nesmith

Her only remark was a closing remark
That one sometimes hears between friends
And she began to emerge
Without speaking a word
Into something quite different from him
For she usually would start
Where he usually would stop
And then blissfully wade right on through

Still the ideas unfolded in their perfect array
Only hinting at what lay beyond them
Hidden behind all the logic one finds without truth

I recall how a carnival meeting in late fall
Had brought me together with them
With no real direction
Just a simple reflection
Of a movement as clear as the wind
We both stood there gazing
And not quite believing
Or willing to change points of view


Still the ideas unfolded in their perfect array
Only hinting at what lay beyond them
Hidden behind all the logic one finds without truth

So I′m watching another exceptional flower
Beginning to blossom and grow
As yet still unspoken, but with more than a token
Reminder of times yet to go
And the frequent suggestion
Is that time is the question
And not so much which one you choose

But still ideas will unfold in their perfect array
Only hinting at what lay beyond them
Hidden behind all the logic one finds without truth

Hidden behind all the logic one finds without truth

And then that refrain repeats on the record about 637,000 times
Over and over and over and over again like the last one did

Anyway back to Jason and Marie and
All that stuff going on in the prison
Jason finally is beginning to grok on some level
The fact that he and Marie have got a different place they can share
And that being in love is a state of consciousness

That he can enjoy without having to get stuck on the object


He has begun to believe was the thing that got him to that place

Wanders back to Thom

Who's at the cabin, gets himself back there without thinking

And Thom says, "Well, I knew Marie wouldn′t come with you, pal

I'm glad you worked through that quick

Because until somebody's ready to come through
They can′t come through
I mean, her coming through is assured
Eventually she′s going to do it, it's inevitable
Everybody does
But you can′t pull them through without confusing them
And a cheap desire trip
To have her come and be your partner
And love only you forever and always
And you love only her forever and always

Is just exactly the kind of thing that makes everybody crazy."
Jason says, "Well, I really like it out here
And I really like what's going on
And I certainly do appreciate everything that you′ve done for me."
And Thom says, "Well good, then you're
Ready for the next bit of information
Which is the fact that I′m splitting."
Jason says, "Where are you going?"
Thom says, "I can't tell you that
I'm going to a place that you wouldn′t understand either."

And Jason, "Well, there′s no... well, what am I gonna do?"
And Thom says, "Well, you're gonna be a guide now."
Jason says, "I don′t know how to be a guide
I mean, it's there, I mean I′ve learned a little bit
About this love business with Marie
But I'm certainly ill-equipped to show
People around this state of consciousness."
Thom says, "You′ll do just fine
You'll have every message that you need."
Thom says, "Look, all you have to do

Is love everybody and tell the truth."
Jason says, "Oh, is that all?"
He says, "Yeah, that's all, I mean, it′s a very simple kind of thing."
And Jason says, "What about if I find
Somebody that I don′t like that's a drag?"
And Thom says, "Well, your real nature is love, man
All you can do is stop hating
Cause your natural self, which is loving, will shine forth."
Jason says, "Well, I don′t want to be loving to some creep."
Thom says, "Well, that's what you got to learn to quit

And if you quit that, then love shines forth without effort."
Jason says, "Yeah, and I′ll walk around
And I'll be going, ′Hello, I love you'
And someone will be smashing me in the face and stealing my wallet."
Thom says, "Nah, you don't quite have it yet, pal
Because the kind of love that we′re talking about
Is not this simple, humble, ′I love you, baby'
Here we are, it′s all groovy and wild and far out
The kind of love we're talking about is active and powerful
And it is the sort of thing in which evil withers."

"Well," Jason says, "I don′t know."
Thom says, "Look, you'll catch it later. I′m leaving."
Jason says, "Well, when will I understand?"
Thom says, "Well, the infinite is a funny thing to contemplate
Right now you believe a growth occurs through time
But as you begin to nibble at the edge of the infinite
One of the first things you find out is that there is no time
And this thing that you've been calling growth occurring through time
Doesn't occur at all
So when you understand the infinite

The first thing you understand is that you′ve been there all along
It′s like the prison, you were free
The whole time, just didn't know it."
And he splits and Jason says goodbye

And this is the last song, it′ll be the last song tonight as well
And thank you very much, I've enjoyed it on a couple of levels