Mary Jane

Mary Jane got married at seventeen he was the loveliest man she'd ever seen till the day, six months after the baby came, he became a man who inflicts pain Mary Jane forgot her past and changed her name she learned to sing the blues sewed on sequins and high-heeled shoes she took off her glasses and took the stage the audience vanished in the haze she bowed and blew a kiss Mary Jane was Little Abner's Daisy Mae a sweet Marlene the geisha girl and Salome a cowgirl too she spun her pistols to the roof a poor man's Marilyn Monroe he never came to sit in the front row he never heard her sing they live today in a quiet suburb of Tampa Bay he drives to the bank takes her out to eat at Burger King she walks the dog keeps the radio on in every room a silver wedding anniversary the children pray he'll be the first to leave she gave her life to a man who wanted just a wife Mary Jane was Little Abner's Daisy Mae a sweet Marlene the geisha girl and Salome a cowgirl too she spun her pistols to the roof