Mary On A Wave Lyrics - Okkervil River

Cold black virgin spinning above an open ocean 

I hear, I feel, I need, I know 

Seven sailors swimming shipwrecked seven smudgy mirrors 

You gotta let 'em go 

Well I checked out the rotor plates 

Saw the babies all bathed in champagne 

So many miles of dirt I traveled just to park you in your shade 

Born away on a wave, love 

Born away on a wave 

Well they picked poor Robin clean in the shadow ravine 

I've seen the bowls, I've seen his teeth 

Words scrawled upon the streets are enemies, victory is complete 

And they'll be coming to collect within the next few hundred weeks 

I get a little soft shiver in my shoulder 

Cause I think there's someone watching 

I get a little soft whistle in my ears now 

But I guess it's just time passing 

Born away on a wave, love 

Born away on a wave 

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Blessed blue black virgins shifting, in the oceans living 

Partly living tissue, partly always hating 

Give me strength and vision, watch over the earth it's listing 

Lady, like it's almost broken, all my eyes now closed, not open 

Our parents are fading out, fading out, fading out 

Into the fuzzy fuzz 

I can't; I gasp, I gasp and pale 

I can't get enough air into my lungs 

I see the bald head of a vulture 

Come cresting up the stairs 

Time holds my greenish brown and dying in a studio somewhere 

Born away on a wave, love 

And it's all for you girl 

Born away on a wave 

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