Joseph Paul - Red Wooden Beads (John and Mary cover)

www.josephpaul.org I will never forget the moment I first put Victory Gardens in my little boom box and this song came on. Red Wooden Beads (John Lombardo and Mary Ramsey) Marika stamped her feet saying hey hey listen to me A face she'd never meet, saying hey hey listen to me Sitting in the kitchen light, prism crystal glass The banging ledger overdrawn A silent prayer as if to make it pass Marika's days were spent thinking hey hey listen to me Her nights in argument thinking hey hey listen to me Running down the alleyway to catch the last Guignol Calling names of cities and a life that she would never know Late in the evening, sorting what to keep The boxes in the bedsit, her clothes all in a heap Marika free at last singing hey hey listen to me All through her autumn past singing hey hey listen to me Moving towards the telephone, dinner on the run The spiral cord wrapped round her wrist, the table sold A brand new day begun Later in the evening, she found the missing key the lock turned in her jewel box And there some red wood beads for her to wear



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