Mary Rose

Down past Leiper's Fork where the Harpeth bends Mary Rose came to her end with a watermelon pit in her mouth Her pale blue eyes were open wide and the snowflakes fell inside High above her gaze in the sky so grey the last Heron flew south The fire rolls away when there ain't nothing left to burn Well, those clouds roll in when summer ends and the roses wilt in turn The more you gave the more it took and it just ain't fair, I know But at least before you went to sleep you brought a dream right into this world Mary Rose That seed it cracked as the sky turned black and it slid on down her throat The moon did rise to say goodbye a whippoorwill delivered the note As her body sank on that muddy bank a sprout rose through her teeth A tear did slide from the corner of her eye the world watched in disbelief The fire rolls away when there ain't nothing left to burn Well, those clouds roll in when summer ends and the roses wilt in turn The more you gave the more it took and it just ain't fair, I know But at least before you went to sleep you brought a dream right into this world Mary Rose As dawn came on a little boy's song broke upon the Harpeth shore at the place where Mary Rose once laid but her body laid there no more Instead, a watermelon vine with fruit so fine like emeralds, in the snow they shone Little Jackson Rose picked the best of those and it tasted just like home The fire rolls away when there ain't nothing left to burn Well, those clouds roll in when summer ends and the roses wilt in turn The more you gave the more it took and it just ain't fair, I know But at least before you went to sleep you brought a dream right into this world Mary Rose