Mary

Looks like snow today in Arkansas
May’s outside smokin', she just received the call
Mama finally passed away
At her sister’s, yesterday
They did their best to make her comfortable
She blows her smoke out at the big gray sky
Thinks about the day she said goodbye
Her leather coat is gettin' bare
But she don’t notice, she don’t care
Puts out her cigarette and heads back inside
The day she ran away for good was hot like hell
Through the broken screen door she could hear her mama yell
«You're just jealous and ungrateful
«And I don’t wanna hear your lies»
Never was a time she didn’t take his side
She slammed the door on sixteen years that day
Found herself a girlfriend who was headed to LA
Took a thousand miles to forgive
The taste of whiskey on his breath
Her eyes were fixed on something far away
Most people can go home again
They got someone who’s looking out for them
Most people sleep right through the night
Most people know what love feels like
She still feels his hand across her face
Yelling at her that she’s got no place
Some days she thinks that he was right
She gets back up on her bike
Gasses up and hits the Interstate
There’s somethin' 'bout the way the wind drowns out
All the crazy voices, all the fear and doubt
All the poison, all the rage
All the years she burned away
But she’s not as broken as she used to be
Most people can go home again
They got someone who’s looking out for them
Most people sleep right through the night
Most people know what love feels like
Most people know what that feels like
But she’s not as broken as he would like
'Cause where she’s broken, there’s a crack of light