give me mercy and a minute now, i'm a bleed a little poison out, i'm a cry a little river down, and then i'm setting this whole thing on fire, and i'm burning up the night she died, and i'm putting every last picture aside, i'm gonna say what i need to say, in my very last letter to you, cause you always made it clear, said that you'd never be my pain, so here's to you and your bright baby blues, and just a pause to cool the refrain, and you said you were satisfied, and now this body's just waiting to die, and that you missed him sometimes but you said it's alright, it's just a whole lot harder alone, but i wish you knew her now, she's a better side of me now, and i'm doing the best i can, it's what you wanted, and i see you like you were there, and i know just how you'd smile, mary, you looked just like it was 1930 that night, but here the days will eat you alive, but i won't give in tonight, you said it's not worth my time, and not to regard them, and not to settle just for piece of mind, but i can wait it out all night, if you'll just keep breathing, but mary i found a sound, and this heart keeps pouring it out, and the glory hasn't come and it's probably gonna fade, like a tattoo that hides the shame, and the reasons always fade, and the pain gets out some day, so i'm saying my goodbyes to your deep blue eyes, cause i don't know how to say, "stay still in the pain. stay still in the pain.", but i wish you knew her now, she's a better side of me now, and i'm doing the best i can, it's what you wanted, and i see you like you were there, and i know just how you'd smile, mary, you looked just like it was 1930 that night, if i recall the last thing you said to me, before it broke up, before it took you from me, and you said, "i love you more than the stars in the sky, but your name just escapes me tonight."
