Captain Tractor - Mary Donnel lyrics

And I'm longing to make myself that strong

And I come to you every night in my head

And I left home so long ago and it's time to make amends

When I left you I was just a child

Now I need you but I've gone five hundred miles

And I'll find a way back into your arms

But I've been gone for far too long to ever win your charms

Hey, I'm going away

from the footlights here that blind me

Hey, what's that you say

I'm leaving you behind me

Well my name is Mary Donnel and I'm twenty-one today

I've got my walking papers so there's nothing you can say

I'm sick of this old one way town and farms and families too

I'm off to find a better life and I don't need you

Hey, I'm going away

from the footlights here that blind me

Hey, what's that you say

I'm leaving you behind me

Now I'm Mary from the south side and I've just turned twenty-two

Working tables at the Black Dog and wearing out my shoes

And I guess if getting grabbed is all I'm qualified to do

I need to find a better life where I don't need you

Hey, I'm going away

I'm leaving you behind me

Hey, what's that you say

your ties will never bind me

All my life, all my life

I've wanted something I can't have

All this time, all my time

has all been wasted

Now I'm just plain Mary and I think I'm twenty-four

Walked the streets for two years now, it seems like ten or more

I'm petrified and I'm positive and I don't know what to do

Except to find a better life where I don't need you

Hey, I'm going away

from the footlights here that blind me

Hey, what's that you say

there's nothing left inside me

Hey, I'm going away

someplace you won't find me

Hey, what's that you say

these ties will never bind me

Hey, I'm going away

I'm leaving you behind me

Hey, what's that you say

no one can deny me