Mary Jo

Belle And Sebastian

Mary Jo, sitting alone


Drinking tea, she just got home


She wants, I don't know what you want





Mary Jo, living alone


Drinking gin with the telly on


She wants





The night to follow day and back again


She doesn't want to sleep


Well who could blame her if she wants?


The night to follow day and back again


She doesn't want to sleep


Well who could blame her, if she sleeps?


Well who could blame her, if she sleeps?


Well who could blame her, if she's sleeping?





Mary Jo, back with yourself


For company, keep telling yourself you're young


It'll happen soon





Mary Jo, no one can see


What you've been through


Now you've got love to burn





It's someone else's turn to go through Hell


Now you can see them come from twenty yards


Yeah you can tell


It's someone else's turn to take a fall


And now you are the one who's strong enough to help them


The one who's strong enough to help them


The one who's strong enough to help them all





Mary Jo, you're looking thin


You're reading a book, "The State I Am In"


But oh, it doesn't help at all


What you want is a cigarette


And a thespian with a caravanette in Hull





Because life is never dull in your dreams


A pity that it never seems to work the way you see it


Life is never dull in your dreams


A sorry tale of action and the men you left for


Women, and the men you left for


Intrigue, and the men you left for dead