Story Behind The Song
"Mary Canary" was one of those awesomely talented singers who used to terrorize the rest of us whenever she'd show up at the local coffeehouse open mic nights
Song Description
I could hear Van Morrison doing this one, (better than me, most likely).
Song Length |
2:34 |
Genre |
Rock - General, Rock - Modern |
Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
Mary Canary sings so clean
Wears a black thong under her schoolgirl jeans
And I don't know how she can be so sweet
When I'm so mean
Mary Canary's heart is pure
And she takes me back to the way things were
And I always feel like the Antichrist
When I'm next to her
And I tell myself when she plays that card
Takes me right back down to the old schoolyard
Hard to believe there was once a time
I was not so scarred
Saturday night out on Moonlight Row
I'll be hunkered down in this place I go
Where they play those songs that you might not know
From your radio
Mary Canary will weave her spell
Like a cheerful thrush in a small town cell
And she may not know what she don't know
Lord, but it's just as well
And I tell myself when she plays that card
Takes me right back down to the old schoolyard
Hard to believe there was once a time
I was not so scarred
Mary Canary, one day you're
Gonna wonder how you could be so sure
And I always fell like the Antichrist
When I'm next to her
And I tell myself .......