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Two songs in one track:
Mary's Ghost
Isaac Drives
lyrics
SONG 1
Mary’s Ghost
It's been a long long time since Mary's gone, but her magic is still haunts me today
She knew just what smile to give me to make sure my tears never went away
But still I ache for the pain, give almost anything to cry like that again
But all that I could do and give her, pretty Mary, she already took it away
There's an agony in freedom when the mind wanders back to those days
Like the memories of your childhood, it's hard to sort the fog from the haze
And in my mind I know we're much better off now that we are apart
But the heart doesn't care what it knows, it only cares for what it wants
And still your ghost is haunting me, like a specter in my soul
And now I'm lost, I found my way to wander on my own
So go away, Mary
I don't need you here no more
Stay away, Mary
I hope your ghost goes up in smoke
So long, Mary
Goodbye, farewell, amen
Adios, Mary
Don't bring your ghost 'round here no more
Goodbye, Mary
This is the last rights of our love
Goodbye, Mary
And if you see me on the other side, just let me be,
Mary
It's been a long long time since Mary's gone, but her magic still haunts me today
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SONG 2
Isaac Drives
Isaac drives the cruel roads of north ontario
Grey freightliner, silver ghost rolling through the snow
Isaac he dont care about that frozen load of steel
keeps the good book on his knees, both hands on the wheel
Isaac staring straight ahead driving all night long
keep those wheels moving towards another northern town
a feather painted on the door with isaac loves yvette
helps him keep the dream alive, black ice aint killed it yet
A thermos of black coffee and indian cigarettes
a prayer for every mile laid down is the only edge you get
wiper blades slapping through the spider wbs of snow
when winter comes and mercy goes in north ontario
ploughs have framed the highway with shining furrows of snow
the way it lays makes isaac think of eiderdiwn and home
that old tattoo on his right arm read isaac loves yvette
helps him keep his hope alive, black ice aint kille dit yet
A few more hours to the outpost parking lot
sleep will fall upon him like a savage hungry hawk
south of a mining town where the waters run upstream
of the georgia strait and fishing boats he works on in his dreams
A thermos of black coffee and indian cigarettes
a prayer for every mile laid down and god i miss yvette
wiper blades slapping through the spider webs of snow
now winters come and mercy gone in north ontario
credits
from
Drunken Prayers,
released September 1, 2022
Mary's Ghost by Kris Womack
Isaac Drives by John Marlatt and Ronnie J Mackay
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