Mary Jane

from Genuine Fake by Simone White

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Mary Jane got married at seventeen
he was the loveliest man she'd ever seen
till the day, six months after the baby came,
he became a man who inflicts pain

Mary Jane forgot her past and changed her name
she learned to sing the blues
sewed on sequins and high-heeled shoes

she took off her glasses and took the stage
the audience vanished in the haze
she bowed and blew a kiss

Mary Jane was Little Abner's Daisy Mae
a sweet Marlene
the geisha girl and Salome
a cowgirl too
she spun her pistols to the roof

a poor man's Marilyn Monroe
he never came to sit in the front row
he never heard her sing

they live today in a quiet suburb of Tampa Bay
he drives to the bank
takes her out to eat at Burger King
she walks the dog
keeps the radio on in every room

a silver wedding anniversary
the children pray he'll be the first to leave
she gave her life to a man who wanted just a wife

Mary Jane was Little Abner's Daisy Mae
a sweet Marlene
the geisha girl and Salome
a cowgirl too
she spun her pistols to the roof

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from Genuine Fake, released September 8, 2017
written by Simone White

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"Simone White has a voice like ether. It's sweetly airy and hypnotic. Hearing it can pull you under to a strangely beautiful, glittering world where nothing seems real." - NPR

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Race Brook Lodge

Sheffield, MA

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