Song #13 - Mary & Her Lies of a Saintly Life

Mary is # 13 of the alphabet series... This is a play of two nursery rhymes (Miss Mary Mack and Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary) and Saint Mary.

Interesting fact:
I didn't really do this on purpose initially but Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary is an English nursery rhyme; an alternate first line is "Mistress Mary, quite contrary."

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Mary & Her Lies of a Saintly Life

Mary in New Year City
Wears her little black dress to the martini bar
High Heels. Silver earrings.
Diamonds shimmering around her neck.
Short Dress. Long Legs.
Stretch out from under the table.

CHORUS:
Mary quite contrary to popular belief...
Is not as saintly as she seems
Mary quite contrary to popular belief...
Is not as saintly as she wants you to believe

Mary is the other woman
He has a wife in the suburbs
Business Suit. Money Clips...
Stuffed with hundred dollar bills
Multiple Martinis.
With tips bigger than her old paychecks

Mary is feeling guilty
But not enough to trade this life in
Cigar smoke swirling
Like thoughts floating through her head
Once she saw a photograph
of his beautiful wife and kids

She used to be her mother's perfect child
Now she is the perfect mistress
She still goes home to Iowa at Christmas time
But her stories are all lies
Her mother still believes she's the girl
Growing up seemingly innocent in Iowa

Mary wants you to believe... Her life in New York City
Is perfect and pretty.

(c) & (p) 2008 Daniel L. Vaillancourt (ASCAP)