Mary Donnel Lyrics - Singles - Captain Tractor

Voices calling me home where I belong 

And I'm longing to make myself that strong 

And I come to you every night in my head 

And I left home so long ago and it's time to make amends 

When I left you I was just a child 

Now I need you but I've gone five hundred miles 

And I'll find a way back into your arms 

But I've been gone for far too long to ever win your charms 

Hey, I'm going away 

from the footlights here that blind me 

Hey, what's that you say 

I'm leaving you behind me 

Well my name is Mary Donnel and I'm twenty-one today 

I've got my walking papers so there's nothing you can say 

I'm sick of this old one way town and farms and families too 

I'm off to find a better life and I don't need you 

Hey, I'm going away 

from the footlights here that blind me 

Hey, what's that you say 

I'm leaving you behind me 

Now I'm Mary from the south side and I've just turned twenty-two 

Working tables at the Black Dog and wearing out my shoes 

And I guess if getting grabbed is all I'm qualified to do 

I need to find a better life where I don't need you 

Hey, I'm going away 

I'm leaving you behind me 

Hey, what's that you say 

your ties will never bind me 

All my life, all my life 

I've wanted something I can't have 

All this time, all my time 

has all been wasted 

Now I'm just plain Mary and I think I'm twenty-four 

Walked the streets for two years now, it seems like ten or more 

I'm petrified and I'm positive and I don't know what to do 

Except to find a better life where I don't need you 

Hey, I'm going away 

from the footlights here that blind me 

Hey, what's that you say 

there's nothing left inside me 

Hey, I'm going away 

someplace you won't find me 

Hey, what's that you say 

these ties will never bind me 

Hey, I'm going away 

I'm leaving you behind me 

Hey, what's that you say 

no one can deny me