Crazy Mary

by Pearl Jam

From the album: Live at Benaroya Hall

Track 22 of 26 on Live at Benaroya Hall (2004).

Duration: 7:40

Live at Benaroya Hall cover art

Lyrics for Crazy Mary

She lived on a curve in the road An old tar paper shack On the south side of the town On the wrong side of the tracks Sometimes on the way into town We'd say, "Mama can we stop and give her a ride?" Sometimes we did, but her hands flew from her side Wild eyed crazy Mary Down a long dirt road Past the Parson's place The old blue car We used to race Our little country store with a sign tacked to the side Said, "No L O I T E R I N G allowed" Underneath that sign always congregated quite a crowd Take a bottle drink it down Pass it around Take a bottle drink it down Pass it around Pass it a Take a bottle drink it down Pass it a, pass it a, pass it around One night a thunder cracked Mercy backed outside her windowsill I dreamed I was flying High above the trees, over the hills Looked down into the house of Mary A bare bulb on Newspaper covered walls And Mary rising up above it all Next morning on the way into town We saw some skidmarks and followed them around Over the curve, through the fields into the house of Mary That what you fear the most Could meet you halfway That what you fear the most Could meet you halfway Take a bottle drink it down Pass it around Take a bottle drink it down Pass it a, pass it around Take a bottle drink it down Pass it a, pass it a, pass it around

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  2. Low Light
  3. Thumbing My Way
  4. Thin Air
  5. Fatal
  6. Nothing As It Seems
  7. Man Of The Hour
  8. Immortality
  9. Off He Goes
  10. Around The Bend
  11. I Believe In Miracles
  12. Sleight Of Hand
  13. All Or None
  14. Lukin
  15. Parting Ways
  16. Down
  17. Encore Break
  18. Can't Keep
  19. Dead Man
  20. Masters Of War
  21. Black
  22. Crazy Mary
  23. 25 Minutes To Go
  24. Daughter
  25. Encore Break
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