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

http://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

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• john and mary
• red wooden beads
• joseph paul
• john lombardo
• mary ramsey
• singer songwriter
• victory garden
• acoustic guitar
• cover

[54spiritedwill54]

this is wonderful song :) nice one!

[sinawava42]

Sounds real good.