Liz Phair Miss Mary Mack
Miss Mary Mack
Puerto Rican Black
Said that she'd do anything
To get out of Jackson
She said Jackson
She asked her mother
For twenty grand
Cause she said her rent
Had got out of hand
She said out of hand
She was so high
She touched the sky
She didn't come down
Until she almost died
She didn't come down
Until she almost died
And her mother said
Mary I can't help more than I do
I don't have enough love left for you
Miss Mary Mack
About to crack
Cause she said her man hauled off
He hauled off and smacked her
She said he smacked her
She asked her brother
For twenty grand
Cause she said her debts
Had got out of hand
She said out of hand
She was so high
She touched the sky
She didn't come down
Until she almost died
She didn't come down
Until she almost died
And her brother said
Mary, I can't help more than I do
I don't have
Enough money for you
But Mary said
Ticket to ride, white line highway
Tell all your friends
That they could go my way
Ticket to ride, white line highway
Tell all your friends
That they could go my way
Ticket to ride
They could go my way
Tell all your friends
Tell all your friends
Miss Mary Mack
Puerto Rican Black
Said that she was born down south
Mississippi Jack
She said jack
Miss Mary Mack
Puerto Rican Black
Said she'd probably die down south
Mississippi shack
She said shack
She was so high
She touched the sky
She didn't come down
Until she almost died
She didn't come down
Until she almost died
Mary, I can't help more than I do
I don't have
Enough time left for you
But Mary said
Ticket to ride, white line highway
Tell all your friends
That they could go my way
Ticket to ride, white line highway
Tell all your friends
That they could go my way
Ticket to ride
They could go my way
Tell all your friends
Tell all your friends
Miss Mary
Mack Mack Mack
All dressed in
Black black black
With silver
Buttons buttons buttons
All down her
Back back back
She asked
Her mother her mother her mother
For fifty
Cents cents cents
To see the
Elephants elephants
Elephants elephants
Elephants
Jump over the
Fence fence
They jumped so
High high high high
They touched the
Sky sky sky sky
They didn't come
Back back back
'Till fourth of
July, lie lie
It was a
Lie lie lie
It was a lie