JOHN AND MARY lyrics - The Azalea Festival

(John Lombardo/Mary Ramsey)



Like strangers on the road, a distant view

I saw someone who looked like you

My blood ran chill as snow, my body shook

I'd only found where not to look

I'd hung the sky with stars, in hopes you came

I called you by your childhood name

Tears raining in my heart, a funeral kiss

I never thought it'd end like this

Not you alone you won't delay

Or wound the dawning of the day

Not you alone this voice is screaming

A ray of hope, get up stop dreaming

With joined hands and downcast eyes, the curious crowd

Very angry and very loud

The saddest of farewells, the pouring rain

A ticket on an empty train

I am too near so much to lose

I wonder how she'll take the news

Like emeralds from the sky, the green pier lights

How children would have loved those sights

Hearts ticking through the night, the morning bells

The wait for death in shore hotels

Not you alone... I am too near...

Coffins with sails set by the brave

Sharp pointed spears around each grave