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Why I Love Mary

from The Dark Side of Red by Shandy Lawson

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Mary casts a smile
Out the kitchen window
With cheerful, aimless singing
She whiles away here time
She finishes the night’s dishes
And rinses out the sink
“That’s clean enough, I think—” she says

Mary throws aside
The beaded white lace curtain
And shoos away the cat
She’s certain scares away her birds
She smiles at Danny’s picture
On the refrigerator
“I will call him later,” she says

Mary calls me simple
But says it in a sweet way
She just means to say
I’m easy to amuse
She calls me from the garden
When the first raindrops are felt
“You don’t want to melt,” she laughs

Mary likes to say
I’m the lightning to her thunder
Still I often wonder
Why she keeps me around
I must be such a burden
For one woman to carry
But that’s why I love Mary
That’s why I love my Mary so

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from The Dark Side of Red, track released January 1, 2008

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Shandy Lawson New Haven, Connecticut

Formerly of Los Angeles, Tampa, and NYC, Shandy is a New Haven, CT-based performing songwriter. But really, he'll play pretty much anywhere.

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