Equalizer - Sweet Mary lyrics

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it was the year of our father 1900 and 76 in J.A<br />

when i first met my mary quite contrary to what my mother did say<br />

she was a mountain girl come to spanish town<br />

i was only there for a while<br />

but when i think back on all the love we shared <br />

i just cant but help to smile<br />

we speat one whole long year together <br />

and at the end i had to go<br />

by my mary's side i wept and cried i'd never been layed so low<br />

she said "boy when you first met me<br />

you were as green as a mango tree ooo<br />

but now you are a man go back to your land<br />

but first listen carefully, <br />

cause you can smoke two pounds of cali herb by yourself<br />

then try to stand on your head<br />

no matter how high you get <br />

you'll never forget the wonders of mary's bed"<br />

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now my mary's sweet smell was in my nose and vision<br />

it robbed me blind<br />

and as i crossed the sea it occured to me<br />

that i'd left myself behind<br />

she was my natural mystic sweet sugar plum<br />

i still ask why did i go<br />

they say your first love's your hardest love<br />

and i'd have to say that's so<br />

and its a day and another day and a way and another way<br />

had a family once but they're gone<br />

and it dont strike me as weird theres grey in my beard<br />

but the words still linger on <br />

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and you can smoke two pounds of cali herb by yourself<br />

then try to stand on your head<br />

no matter how high you get <br />

you'll never forget the wonders of mary's bed<br />

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now theres nothing for me left here 'cept some broken dreams<br />

dissapointments, i've had a few<br />

and there's this place i know where the mangos grow<br />

and theres just one thing left to do<br />

i'll go back to my mary's bed <br />

plant a kiss on her head and pretend that time just stood still<br />

and i can live out my life like it should have been <br />

and the rest will be what it will<br />

so i went back to the bar where we first met<br />

asked the bartender where could she be<br />

and as he poured me a beer he said last year<br />

she left this world peacefully<br />

and every man in the bar looked at me<br />

and they said old man dont you see<br />

that we were all touched by mary just like you<br />

now she lives on in our memories<br />

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and we all can smoke two pounds of cali herb by ourselves<br />

then try to stand on our heads<br />

no matter how high we get <br />

we'll never forget the wonders of mary's bed<br />

and we can run 200 miles through a ganja feild <br />

until all we see is red and we can shout it out<br />

we're still thinking about the wonders of mary's bed<br />

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and so we sing jump around sweet mary<br />

you know we all have to move along<br />

you never know what you've got in this cruel world<br />

until you realize its gone