JOHN AND MARY lyrics - Clare's Scarf

(John Lombardo/Mary Ramsey)



Now she is living in the garret

From fear she never leaves her home

The neighbors sunning on their porches

The world enchanting down below

She knows them like they were a family

But it is she they never see



Ooh Clare wraps the scarf around her head

The one she loves, rubious red

Peers through the looking glass

Her heart sinks slowly



Clare spends time with books

Of fancy riddled rhymes

And she tries hard at learning new words

She's making lists of every vow

She'll never keep



Clare wraps the scarf around her head

The one she loves, rubious red

Peers through the looking glass

Her heart sinks slowly



When sorting through her mind

She finds it hard to find

A memory that is all her own

Ooh you took all I ever wanted,

As through your own



Clare wakes up, morning starts with a parade

The flags were snapping in the sun

She saw old soldiers on display

Bowed and greyed but not afraid



Clare wraps the scarf around her head

The one she loves, rubious red

Peers through the looking glass

She walks on slowly

Ooh you took all I ever wanted

As through your own