Mary Jane says it's all right
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She's just around the corner from the main light.
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Any day now, it's all right
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She's standing on the precipice of big time.
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And I know I'm a little uptight,
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I've got to go before the sun shines.
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We're just a couple small people squeezing out a life,
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We need a little good time.
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It's not far from the edge,
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Mary comes and goes.
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Drifting through the scenery of the shallow days below,
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That is anybody knows.
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You follow trains out of town and they vanish somewhere under the horizon.
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Yeah well I saw Mary Jane dragged her shadow down the tracks, Stare off in the distance.
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It's not far from here,
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Mary waves hello.
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Smiling though she's sinking in the shallow days below,
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I can't find a way out of here.
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Out on the road again,
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I'm much, much too concerned about Mary Jane.
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I'm all alone again,
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I like what she said, not what it means.
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She leaves me drowning through the shallow days, down below.
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You know I heard a band playing waltzes in a grange hall
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The sun is sinking lower.
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People staring, Mary Jane humming softly to herself,
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Nobody really knows her.
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Any day now it's all right,
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She tells herself that this will be the last time.
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Mary Jane pulls her hair back and wonders what she'll do with all her free time.
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Not too far from here,
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Mary turns to go.
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Smiling while the waltz begins, dancing down the road
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Hey hey Mr. Freedom,
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What are we supposed to think?
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'Cause I'm a very tiny person and it worries me.
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I'm all alone again,
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I like what she says, not what it means.
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She leaves me drowning in the shallow days way down below.
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"I'm sorry", she said,
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"I know it's not the kind of thing you want."
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I'm falling, falling down.
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"I'm sorry", she said.
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"I know I'm not the kind of girl you want."
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We're falling, falling, falling, falling down.
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Shallow Days
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Counting Crows |