Mary's Tears Lyrics

Daddy taught her how to shoot

As soon as she could hold a spoon

Her mama skipped town with the oil man

But in the yard facing the alley

Grew some Lillies of the Valley

She'd give them water from a rusted oil can

In a town no bigger than a postage stamp

Miles from the next off-ramp

The only thing to do is drink and fight

Daddy lost his job, started getting mean

Mary found work at the Dairy Queen

Where the boys would come to tease her every night

Mary's Tears cover the ground

Lining every street in town

Mary's Tears

At seventeen, she settled down

It seemed she'd never leave this town

Frankie said he'd love her all his life

But he spent most nights with Jim and Jack

Living it up, shooting 'em back

He'd stagger home and wail on his wife

So Mary started saving cash

'Til she had a thousand in her stash

Eyeing Daddy's shotgun on the wall

When he came home after hours

And trampled Mary's flowers

She knew she had to answer Satan's call

Mary's Tears cover the ground

Lining every street in town

Mary's Tears

One Sunday, Frank slept off a drunk

Quietly she packed her trunk

Loaded two shells into that old gun

At church the whole town congregated

Mary killed the man she hated

Buried him out back beneath that sun

Well, you can call it right or wrong

But Mary's Tears, they still grow strong

People say she's down in Mexico

And no one misses Frank too bad

In fact, the neighbors were sort of glad

Maybe it was just his time to go

Mary's Tears cover the ground

Cried so much, she almost drowned

Mary's Tears

Mary's Tears cover the ground

Lining every street in town

Mary's Tears