Mary Anne Lyrics - The Original - Sarai

Bring it on back to the young days when things wasn't so hard 

Playin kickball in the school yard 

The year before kindergarten when memories started at the day care 

All the Little kids used to play there 

We had no worries just hated nap time but fingerpaintin' and playin' tag was fine 

And we would all run around except for this girl 

She stayed in the corner, Yeah her name was Mary Anne 

She missed half of the school days scince the year began 

Never wore a shirt that showed more than her hands 

She rockin' jeans & Long sleeves in like 90 degrees 

You know lil' kids they treat her like she got a disease 

Came in 1 day all her hair was gone 

Said her mamma cut it off cause she did something wrong 

Tears in her eyes when she finally said somethin 

Usually she would get scared and wouldn't say nothin 

Days that went by, she had to cry, wonder why did it happen to me 

Day after day, she slipped away, wonder why did it happen to me 

Elementary she got the seat next to me 

Lucky i wasn't mean like the rest could be 

She treated like an outcast wonder how long she could outlast 

Bein alienated by the whole class 

It was still touch and go with the whole school scenario 

In for days out for weeks still scared to speak 

I wonder if that one time she had tried to tell and the teacher shrugged her off like Oh Well 

I wonder if that shut her down 

Maybe she had no one to turn to 

Maybe this little girl didn't know what to do 

We had a project one week me and Mary Anne a team 

So i invited her to my house for ice cream 

She bangin on the door at the house invite her to sit on the couch 

She looked me in the eyes 

Mary Anne began to cry 

I said what's wrong she said she wanted someone to tell her why 

Days that went by, she had to cry, 

wonder why did it happen to me 

Day after day she slipped away, wonder why did it happen to me 

After that incident she didn't really want to talk to me 

I'd see her in the hall 

Call out but she wouldn't walk with me 

Junior high she got cover up caked up 

You could see the bruises underneath the make - up 

Stories to make up people askin question now 

She breakin down but still no confessions now 

She walk around dazed out lost in another land spaced out 

And as days go by she grows more distant 

Teachers barely aware of her existence 

She in and out more out than in 

And one day i'm in class 

The ambulance pass screechin 

Down by the artroom off to the right in the bathroom 

They found Mary Anne on the floor 

A bottle next to her 

Said she took like 50 pills or more 

And left a note that said she couldnt handle it no more 

Days that went by, she had to cry, 

wonder why did it happen to me 

Day after day she slipped away, wonder why did it happen to me