Mary Lee Lyrics

Polish the brass, Peggy.Look at the leaf on Mary’s dress.She was lovesick when he left her.Cut your hair, Peggy.Bury the remnants of the past.Swallow the chinawe both ate from.Oh...Read Full Lyrics

Molly, you’ve got to put your saddle on tight.You’ve a red, red runner for your final flight.You’re my only sister, but a price is a price,and he’s not going lower than my ...Read Full Lyrics

Silver bullet to the chestBreif gasp for inhalationRapid comes a silence to your heartFlash before your eyesMinor change in humanityOne less in civilizationFaces starring forward S...Read Full Lyrics

We can be so sensual,and I know you were waiting for a signal.I move closer and closer,until I feel like a bookstore.Also at some point I woke,and my love had been pluckedlike a gu...Read Full Lyrics

Napalm Train, last run.Napalm Train, last run.I hear the no-good rails.I hear the no-good railsof a napalm train.I pay my boy to lay on top of me.Be my guardian, boy, deliver me.Us...Read Full Lyrics

Follow the road,it turns like leaves.My wife, shiny lady,My child asleep.Slow through the prairie,gentle on the pedal,her voice drops a story,points up through the trees.All the st...Read Full Lyrics

Eight red pills, hidden with France in her drawer.There’s another lilt on her,and I draw it up, lissome and larkspur.My hook or your brideskeined around me, she smiles,talks of y...Read Full Lyrics

oh, my friend, with the stolen spare key, I found you out in your long brown coat. Your red shocks I caught stealing from me, your hands are sticky with orange crush. My lover saw ...Read Full Lyrics

How easily I lie to you,my own parhelion, and allto me that’s beautiful.You dream that I flew in above the clattering of horse’s hoovesand among a drift of roses.A stable full ...Read Full Lyrics

I park my car down the block,take off my shoes and go for a walkdown to the beach.All the dirt under my feet was all I ever needed in this life.Now I've got this pile of parking ti...Read Full Lyrics