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Mary Madeline Lyrics by John Plainsong

Strange Tales

2020

Mary Madeline took her seat on the DC-7
Held her ticket tight --- thirteen hundred miles to Redmond
"Too late for second sight...
I hope I'm doing this right
I hope."
Back in San Jose, friends on the phone exchanging stories
How she quit her job, and put everything that she had in storage
"Who knows what's in her head...
Goodbye is all that she said..."
Goodbye
You can cry and shake your fist to stop the wind
You can wonder where does time go
Or just turn off of the road that brought you in
Start all over again
Somewhere over Oregon, she felt her heart cry out for him
But all he really loved was a car and a track and a race to win
"I tried to make him see...
Some day he'll forget about me..."
Some day
Mary Madeline searched for the ground through the mist and the aether
And then the clouds broke through
And the whole wide world stretched out beneath her
But tears had made her blind
So hard to leave it behind
So hard
You can wish and hope for time to change the past
You can pray for some commitment
Or you can walk right out the door that let you in
Start all over again
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John Plainsong

John Plainsong

About “Mary Madeline” by John Plainsong

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"Mary Madeline" appears on "Strange Tales" in 2020.

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