Name: Mary
Duration: P00H04M44S
Description: Written about a real person, a lady I worked with in my first job at The Black Country Museum in Dudley, UK. She was a unique person - very childlike in lots of ways, hence the nursery rhyme influence towards the end. The image is a drawing that I made of her at the time.

Mary

from Silhouettes and Pirouettes Vol 1 by Alex Vann

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Written about a real person, a lady I worked with in my first job at The Black Country Museum in Dudley, UK. She was a unique person - very childlike in lots of ways, hence the nursery rhyme influence towards the end. The image is a drawing that I made of her at the time.

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MARY Alex Vann

Mary is drawing again, her garden is so very dark
She once danced in sunshine, an angel - but now
Only silhouettes pirouette in her heart

Mary is sleeping again - she can dream the big bad world away
Her mind gives her freedom to drink from the well
But her mind is a prison - she’s locked in a cell

Mary is singing again a tune she knows no-one will know
Her song gives her courage to help mend her heart,
But the damage is so deep, She wouldn’t know where to start

And Mary is crying again
Her dreams take her back to the past
And all the King’s horses and all the King’s men
Couldn’t put Mary’s heart back together again

SOLO

And Mary is laughing again, the child with the smile in her eyes
She smiles in the sunshine- she smiles in the rain
She smiles when her dreams take her back there again

And Mary is dancing again, her garden is so very dark
And all the King’s horses and all the King’s men
Couldn’t put Mary’s smile back together
And all the King’s horses and all the King’s men
Couldn’t put Mary’s mind back together
And all the king’s horses and all the King’s men
Couldn’t put Mary’s HEART back together again

No, no, no, no, no (together again)
no, no ,no ,no ,no ,no ,no (together again)

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from Silhouettes and Pirouettes Vol 1, released November 5, 2012
video for this song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHhXUAQlGAc&feature=channel&list=UL

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Alex Vann Wolverhampton, UK

Alex Vann is a Wolverhampton musician and artist with many years’ experience in bands and as a solo artist. He started writing songs at 15 and has a highly distinctive acoustic guitar style, impassioned vocals and is also an accomplished pianist.
He has a knack for writing catchy choruses and his music has been used on television, films and radio. ... more

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