For The Sake Of Mary-Richard Thompson

[ti:For The Sake Of Mary] [ar:Richard Thompson] [al:Mirror Blue] [by:] [offset:0] [00:17.58]For the sake of Mary I kicked the reds [00:21.33]Junked the juice drink coffee instead [00:25.07]Straightened my teeth bent my back [00:28.95]Cut my friends dead from the old rat pack [00:33.45]For Mary [00:37.89] [00:41.76]She bought me this silk suit watch and chain [00:45.38]She put the rhythm in my stride again [00:49.76]She showed me the way to make her feel good [00:53.83]If I could do more then I surely would [00:58.08]For Mary [01:01.95]For Mary [01:04.95] [01:06.07]For the sake of Mary I do what I can [01:10.39]She still don't trust me to be her man [01:14.20]I say the right thing but my timing's bad [01:18.39]She thinks I'm like the rest but I'm the best she's ever had [01:25.83]For the sake of Mary [01:26.22] [01:44.77]I was cook first class on the Belfast be [01:47.65]But when she sailed she sailed without me [01:51.46]In Needle Pete's got my last tattoo [01:55.58]In bleeding letters of red and blue [01:59.83]For Mary [02:00.17] [02:08.27]For the sake of Mary I changed my drift [02:12.02]Got a good job on the graveyard shift [02:16.27]She set her heart on a pretty little place [02:20.22]I want to see the tears of joy on her face [02:23.97]For Mary [02:26.34] [02:28.53]For the sake of Mary I keep the flame [03:18.02]I don't want to be the villain again [03:22.47]She's had her bad times and it's shook her about [03:26.46]I don't want to take the easy way out [03:30.22] [03:42.63]For the sake of Mary