Mary Ann & One Eyed Dan-Shovels & Rope

[ti:Mary Ann & One Eyed Dan] [ar:Shovels & Rope] [al:Swimmin' Time] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mary Ann & One Eyed Dan - Shovels & Rope [00:16.58]Mary Ann was a waitress at the circus [00:20.07]And Dan was a writer for the delaware locale observer [00:25.08]Just 21 and just two months out of the service [00:28.13] [00:28.76]Missing half an eyelid so he had to wear a patch [00:32.46] [00:37.02]Mary Ann introduced herself to Dan [00:40.01]She said do you like the menu [00:42.23]Or do you need me to read it to you [00:45.33]Half way angry half turned on and half confused [00:49.01]He took her by the arm and went [00:50.95]Out back to make a match [00:52.58]And he said [00:53.92]So long to my former life [00:57.72] [00:58.34]To a worried life so long [01:02.61]So long to a harder life [01:06.17] [01:06.76]To a troubled life so long [01:10.95] [01:13.19]Lying there under the soft glow of the sunrise [01:16.68]The moon was still awake and all the generators lowly humming [01:21.46]She picked a flower and fastened it on to his bad eye [01:25.00]She said come on let's get married [01:27.17]I think we might get along [01:29.10]And she said [01:30.19]So long so long to my former life [01:33.56]So long [01:34.46]To a selfish life so long [01:38.86]So long so long to a bitter life [01:42.07]So long [01:43.02]To a troubled life so long [01:49.36] [02:07.67]Well Dan he was no poet [02:09.69]Couldn't dance he never slept [02:11.97]He had nightmares every night [02:13.82]Of rain and fire on those bloody beaches [02:16.95]Just then the dew dropped [02:18.35]From the flower and he wept [02:20.49]Mary Ann you are a melody [02:22.84]I think I wrote a song [02:24.38]It goes like [02:25.64]So long so long to my worried life [02:28.88]So long [02:29.95]To a lonesome life so long [02:34.20]So long so long to a wandering life [02:37.42]So long [02:38.63]To a wounded life so long [02:41.29]And we all said [02:42.78]So long so long to those memories [02:46.27]To everything we can't let go so long [02:51.31]So long so long to our former selves [02:54.64]So long [02:55.60]To our selfish selves so long [02:59.33] [02:59.83]To our selfish selves so long [03:03.58] [03:04.12]To our selfish selves so long