MARYANN'S GARAGE SALE

Now you’re looking for god’s face something to believe
You’re got the soul of torturer how great is your need
Some say the simple truth will someday set you free
From a hornet’s nest of lies breeding to infinity

Every court needs a jester every circus needs a clown
So paint a smile on your face the acrobats fall down
You were last seen in Tuscany whistling in the dark
On your olive tree ranch as big as Central Park

Your dirty little mind is as pretty as can be
I suppose that’s where I’ll find your memories of me
And your co-star the vampire he expired yesterday
The grew allergic to himself that’s what the doctors say

You can forget your experience on life’s high wire
You’re nothing but an antique an object of desire
If that’s what you want my sweet Marianne
Well I can say frankly Scarlet I don’t give a damn

Now you caught me off balance two times in a row
Don’t ask me what I think I don’t know I don’t know
Is there no end to your horrors will you ever find relief
As you walk through the forest like a monk or a priest

If you still don’t understand I think it’s time that you did
Said the count to Julie Christie as she unscrewed the lid
Off a jar of cosmetics full of nothing but lies
For the smile of the actress and the highwaymen’s disguise

Now you were till sort of innocent the day you left home
You knew the A list in Hollywood a driver named Tyrone
You were looking for Brando or such esquisite jive
You came down from the valley to Mullholland drive

Once we had a fight about this about that
And some stuff got said we could never take back
I love the sound of car tires cruising in the rain
And the windshield wipers keep time in the fast lane

Oh Maryann Maryann you’re unique and complete
But you should know by now that that you’re nothing but a freak
You’re the girl in the bubble it’s a very tight fit
Is life a limitless horizon or a bottomless pit

Oh the powers that be they look at us and laugh
Do they want us to dry up or live in the past
I said oh Maryann I guess that’s it
But oh Maryann I just can’t quit