Mayfly Songtext
von Ye Vagabonds

Long after midnight
Crossed in the lamplight
Pouring out a distillation
Of hope and desperation
She was grey-eyed
I was tongue-tied
And when she thought I wasn′t looking
She'd smile like she had nothing left to hide

Mary got away, though
Went off chasing rainbows
Never made it to the lay-by
Living like a mayfly
Waking from a strange dream
I wonder what it all means
See her tumble in a free fall
Was she really there at all?


Straight from a hard night
Into the daylight
It wasn′t for the first time
All she needed was a lifeline or just the right friend
Steady on a tight band
Who'd never let the side down
Could have made it back to dry ground in the end

Mary got away, though
Went off chasing rainbows
Never made it to the lay-by
Living like a mayfly
Waking from a strange dream
I wonder what it all means
See her tumble in a free fall
Was she really there at all?

Needle in a haystack
Never found a way back
Lonely dogs keep prowling
While heavy winds go howling through the cracks


Mary got away, though
Went off chasing rainbows
Never made it to the lay-by
Living like a mayfly
Waking from a strange dream
I wonder what it all means
See her tumble in a free fall
Was she really there at all?