To make myself that strong
Every night in my head...
And I left home so long ago...
And it's time to make amends.
But I've gone five hundred miles
But I've been gone for far too long
Hey, what's that you say?
I'm leavin you behind me!
My name is Mary Donnel and I'm twenty-one today
Got my walkin papers and there's nothin you can say
I'm sick of this one way town, the farms and families too
I need to find a better life, and I don't need you!
Hey, what's that you say?
I'm leavin you behind me!
Now I'm married from the south side, and I just turned twenty-two
Workin tables at the Black Dog and wearin out my shoes
And I guess that gettin grabbed is all I'm qualified to do
I need to find a better life where I don't need you!
Hey, what's that you say?
Your ties will never bind me!
I've wanted something I can't have
All this time, all my time
Now I'm just plain Mary and I think I'm twenty-four
Walked these streets for two years now, it seems like ten or more
I'm petrified and I'm positive, and I don't know what to do
Except to find a better life where I don't need you.
Hey, what's that you say?
There's nothin left inside me
Some place you won't find me
Hey, what's that you say?
These ties will never find me
Hey, what's that you say?
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