Weekly Song Post number 177
'I Love You Mary Jane'
outtake from my 2006 release, Bones of the Tree
lyrics
they say happiness don't grow on trees
but your love grows wild and reckless like a weed
my heart buds forth like a swollen spring
when I walk through your fields of green
I drink you up until my cup runs high
you make me wanna sing when I feel like dying
I know you aint the solution to my woes
but this world is a whipping post and I'm getting stoned
you make my gray skies green
you're the sweetest thing I ever did see
I love you Mary Jane
for some your love is a cure
you help them see straight when their vision is blurred
you settle the stomach and ease the pain
why the man wanna keep you locked up in chains?
they say that to love you is a crime
too many who have known you are doing time
I guess I'll take your loving on the sly
with these smoke rings I take thee for my bride
you make my gray skies green
you're the sweetest thing I ever did see
I love you Mary Jane
credits
from Weekly Song Project v2,
track released July 26, 2016
recorded by Colin Gagon at Herzog
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