The Modern Mary

Bm
My mama cried, staring at the stars
G
She had once felt so almighty
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Now, she’s never felt so small
Bm
My mama fell flat back on the floor
G
She once had a loving husband
         D        F#m
He don’t love her anymore
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My mama screamed, “This ungrateful world!”
G
Keeps on taking and not giving
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Ever since she was a girl
Bm
My angry mama pushed everything inside
G
She will never let another
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Steal the soil of her life


[Chorus]
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So, she tears away those pages of her diary
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All those sick and sticky memories
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“Jesus… some fuckin’ Jesus.”
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It’s the same with every guy she meets
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Thinkin’ they’re Jesus –
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She don’t need their goddamn charity

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[Verse 2]
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My mama cried, staring at her hands
           G
Thinking, ‘How could others use these
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To shed the blood of man?’
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My mama felt guilt-ridden remorse
         G
When she thought of those before her
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Who suffered even more
Bm
My mama laughed, “Everything’s so clear!
    G
The woman is the wounded
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The man stabs ‘the spear’’!”
Bm
My loving mother held her children to her breast
G
This world can go fuck itself
       D     F#m
She’ll never acquiesce


[Chorus]
    G     Em      Bm           G
She tore away the pages of her diary –
F#m         A
Every silly entry
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Tore away the layers of her history
     F#m                   A
’Til finally she could see clearly:
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Everybody hail the Defiled Mary
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The afterthought of all male martyrdom
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Behind every good man
       Bm
Is a messiah story
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I, for one, am as guilty as they come;
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After all, I’m my mama’s son