pretty mary k (other version)

pretty mary k walks along the docks

with some sailor's pay shoved down in her sock

pretty mary k with some little boy in blue

who can't stay away from you

pretty mary k

take him back to town

i'm down here by the bay where the water pounds

up against the wall

crying black and blue

keeps me away from you

pretty words that you whisper

maybe i misunderstood

somebody's not paying attention

what they promised and their word isn't good

oh

mary k

i can see her face

down there in the waves

painted and erased

but i know it's just the reflection of the moon

a big fake resembling you

gonna go down in the water

fill my mouth up full of sand

i'll be waiting

still impatient

with my dead imagination while you're with some other man

pretty mary k is off in somebody's room

i'm down here by the bay with my arm around the moon

but i'll be with you soon

just as soon as i pay

i walk across the water with pretty mary k

walk on water

pretty mary k