Do you want to elope tonight
Getting lost in the shadows
All dressed up like a switchblade knife
Let's hang in love from the gallows

Or we can take a walk around the lake
There's a garden in the park there
Under the stars next to the fireside

Anywhere is better than here

[Chorus]
Oh Mother Mary, take my hand
I'll be a saint, I'll be your man
I'll do most anything, 'cause I don't care
Oh Mother Mary, take my hand.

Take a ride on the midnight train
We'll fall asleep at the station
Too much wine, driving me insane
And then we'll miss our destination

Oh well, too bad, who cares, it's all right.
As long as we will stick together
In hell we'll rain a rose of sunshine
We'll watch it rise and shine forever

[Chorus]


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Mother Mary Lyrics as written by Frank E. Billie Joe Armstrong

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    and also, other foxboro songs are talking about Mary. are you saying they are all about pot.

    MissNeuroticon March 15, 2008   Link

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