black mister's daughter left class
to let me hold her hand;
oh so much i have been beaten and
silently endured so many unjust slang...
the age was 15 and
the disease was to dream;
inside the brain lived elvis presley
inside notebook ,your name....
mary ann, mary, mary ann
mary ann, mary....
elvis left leaving me messy
many years have gone;
your relatives one by one
moved into foreign ...
you continued living here in ripon street,
in a small two bedroom flat, under staircase;
from the damped wall sad face of jesus
still assures happiness ...
mary ann, mary, mary ann
mary ann, mary....
you ride the rickshaw
and pass throu