Ballad Of a Life

Mary moved from east to west

Wanting to be free

And the only thing she left behind

Was a money tree.

Her father was a working man

Living in the woods

With the money he got from the state

He did all he could.

And when she was a little girl

She whispered in his ears

“Daddy, you make me forget all my fears”

When she got to her new place

Everything was wrong

But there was a radio there

And she turned it on

In a silly flash of innocence

She changed the station set

Found a song she knew by heart

And sang it three tones flat

In the middle of her sleep

She would open up her eyes

And like a new born baby she would cry:

“Won't you tell me what I need?

I don't wanna find me bended knee again”

Mary woke up and went for

A walk in the street

Not aware of someone that

Was watching her feet

He went to her and slowly said

“Hi my name is john,

I see that you are new in town,

I won't let you alone”

And as she walked and meet the place

He was standing by her side

And like a miracle she started to smile

She started to work as a bartender

In a coffee-shop

She was known by her sweet face

And that precious knot.

She had never been so popular

Since the high-school days

When people used to call her “freak”

In so many ways.

But now she had someone to trust

Someone to call her friend.

But she just took a while to understand

“Won't you tell me what I need?

I don't wanna find me broken dream again”

One day she began to feel

A little mixed up

So she turned to john and said

“I've got news my love”

So they held each-other’s hands

And faced each-other’s eyes

“There's somebody else to come”

She said in thin disguise

He started to cry of happiness

And both of them agreed:

She would have to ask a little more on tips

Suddenly nine months were gone

And a baby girl was born

No one around held the tears

Or even cried by force.

As I'm sitting on this table

At the coffee-shop

I see stories come and go

With the hailstorm.

Now I'm waiting for this rain

To stop and let me go

So I can make my way through people's smoke.

“Won't you tell me what I need?

I don't wanna find myself unseen again”