Mary

from Are You Having Fun? by Alex Beckman

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Oh Mary would you come to town
If I called you up just to hang around
Do you still walk in even strides
Because the odds are never on your side
Holds a camera around your neck
Because there’s no better time to capture than the present

Do you still walk down the same streets holding your head high
Ignoring the world you live in because that’s not your state of mind
Do you still call out cretins for trying to keep you down
Are still holding the power Mary are you the light in this ghost town

You were always stronger than they wanted you to be
They held you down but you broke free
No time for wasting or apathy
Your eyes were set further than anyone could ever see

I watched them try to fit you in a box that you couldn’t be
To make you a silenced zombie a cog in society
You don’t bow down to anyone or indulge negativity
You looked yourself in the mirror and chose to love who you see

Oh Mary

Oh Mary would you come to town if I called you up just to hang around
Do you still have those razor blades in your eyes that paved the way
For you to be the person you always wanted to be
To be strong to be free

Are you still out there passing everyone who stood in your way
Are you still rolling with the punches because tomorrow is a new day
Are you still believing in the future and believing in better things
Are you still hopeful for new world and what tomorrow brings

Do you still walk down the same streets holding your head high
Ignoring the world you live in because that’s not your state of mind
Are you still believing in the future and believing in better things
Are you still hopeful for new change and what tomorrow brings

Oh Mary

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from Are You Having Fun?, released September 27, 2019

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