Equalizer Sweet Mary Lyrics

Sweet Mary Lyrics

it was the year of our father 1900 and 76 in J.A

when i first met my mary quite contrary to what my mother did say

she was a mountain girl come to spanish town

i was only there for a while

but when i think back on all the love we shared 

i just cant but help to smile

we spent one whole long year together 

and at the end i had to go

by my mary's side i wept and cried i'd never been layed so low

she said "boy when you first met me

you were as green as a mango tree ooo

but now you are a man go back to your land

but first listen carefully, 

cause you can smoke two pounds of cali herb by yourself

then try to stand on your head

no matter how high you get 

you'll never forget the wonders of mary's bed"



now my mary's sweet smell was in my nose and vision

it robbed me blind

and as i crossed the sea it occured to me

that i'd left myself behind

she was my natural mystic sweet sugar plum

i still ask why did i go

they say your first love's your hardest love

and i'd have to say that's so

and its a day and another day and a way and another way

had a family once but they're gone

and it dont strike me as weird theres grey in my beard

but the words still linger on 



and you can smoke two pounds of cali herb by yourself

then try to stand on your head

no matter how high you get 

you'll never forget the wonders of mary's bed



now theres nothing for me left here 'cept some broken dreams

dissapointments, i've had a few

and there's this place i know where the mangos grow

and theres just one thing left to do

i'll go back to my mary's bed 

plant a kiss on her head and pretend that time just stood still

and i can live out my life like it should have been 

and the rest will be what it will

so i went back to the bar where we first met

asked the bartender where could she be

and as he poured me a beer he said last year

she left this world peacefully

and every man in the bar looked at me

and they said old man dont you see

that we were all touched by mary just like you

now she lives on in our memories



and we all can smoke two pounds of cali herb by ourselves

then try to stand on our heads

no matter how high we get 

we'll never forget the wonders of mary's bed

and we can run 200 miles through a ganja feild 

until all we see is red and we can shout it out

we're still thinking about the wonders of mary's bed



and so we sing jump around sweet mary

you know we all have to move along

you never know what you've got in this cruel world

until you realize its gone