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Mary Brown
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A true but very sad story. I was driving in my car listening to Yellow Submarine and and started thinking of a family member (through marriage) who I was very very close with. She was a beauty pageant winner, accepted into university at 15 years old and a lovely person. I took her out when she visited my city, I introduced her to one of my best friends, they hit it off and got married. They went into business and were very successful. They expanded and bought a restaurant and condos close to Playa Del Carmen, Mexico and did very well. Because their businesses were in different countries they were apart for months. Drug Dealers from the US and Canada befriended her, hijacked the restaurant, got her addicted and she lost everything. We could not get her back to Canada. I always think "what if" I never introduced her to my friend? Maybe her life would have turned out differently. Her name was not Mary Brown... I must have thought it up going by Mary Brown's Chicken franchise.
Released: 15-Jun-2025
Category: Folk
Application: GarageBand
File type: mp3
File size: 7.6 Mb
Plays: 4
Downloads: 0
Weekly plays: 4
Weekly downloads: 0
License: Commerical derivatives allowed; contact artist for permission
Lyrics
You were the cutest girl on the street
Your freckled smile could not be beat
You had brains and personality
Attending school was just a formality

You loved family respected tradition
You got your man you had ambition
Everything came fast life was good
You were the envy of the neighbourhood

Mary Brown, oh Mary Brown
You were the cutest girl in town
Like a butterfly floating in the air
Your destination was everywhere

Your success was international
But you became so irrational 
You took on the world and you beat it
But drugs and alcohol was your magnet

Mary Brown, oh Mary Brown
Why did you let us all down
They took from you all you had
They abused you treated you bad

Flute/Guitar

You rejected friends and family
And you drifted into an unreality
You left your man and you lost everything
Begging for food living on a shoe string

Mary Brown, oh Mary Brown
You could not turn it around
We got the news they found you on the street
Skin and bones without a heart beat

Mary Brown oh Mary Brown
I can’t believe you are not around
Now you’re living with the lord above
The truth was you were always seeking love

Mary Brown, oh Mary Brown
Mary Brown, oh Mary Brown
Mary Brown, oh Mary Brown 
Mary Brown, oh Mary Brown

They took from you all you had
They abused you treated you bad

Mary Brown oh Mary Brown
Mary Brown oh Mary Brown
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your voice is so magnetic...beautiful work !!!  =)
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