Maggie Said Lyrics - Natalie Merchant - Natalie Merchant

Maggie said 

Dig one more shallow grave before I'm dead 

Maggie said 

I'm just lookin' for a place that I can lay my weary head 

There's no perfect end 

Just time to leave 

Maggie said 

They wreck the table at the game of love 

Maggie said 

It's just stupid luck if you rise above 

Everybody's second in death 

Win or lose, my friend 

It's so hard to leave 

Holdin' back 

What did I get for all of that? 

What did it count for? 

Tell me that 

Nothin' 

Nothin' 

Oh, nothin', that's a fact 

Maggie said 

It's so hard to find the Golden Fleece to spin my golden thread 

Maggie said 

You're preachin' to the choir, girl, now 

You're not stickin' out your neck 

There's no risk in that 

Darlin', please 

Holdin' back 

What did I get for all of that? 

What did it count for? 

Tell me that 

Tell me that 

Nothin' 

Nothin' 

Nothin', that's a fact 

Maggie said 

Don't let them take that halo from your head 

Maggie said 

I can see you're turning hard now, girl 

Don't lose your tenderness 

What's the use in that? 

Darlin', please 

Holdin' back 

What did I get for all of that? 

What did it count for? 

Tell me that 

Count for? 

Tell me that 

Nothin' 

Nothin' 

Nothin' 

Oh, nothin', that's a fact