Harry Chapin - If My Mary Were Here video free download


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"I would not be so stoned

If my Mary were here

I don't think I'd have phoned you

If my Mary were here

I'm a sad sack Sir Galahad

Who's sword's around his knees

With a Grail no longer holy

And a prayer that's saying - please

I would not be alone

If my Mary were here

But she took off

And Lord I'm lost.

I don't think I'd be drinking

If my Mary were here

And I know what I'd be thinking

If my Mary were here

We'd be wrapping up a blanket

Full of cheddar cheese and wine

Packing up our camper with a rendezvous in mind

And we'd picnic out in Lincoln Park

If Mary were here

But she split

So I got lit

I'm sorry that I called you

In the middle of the night

But you're the one who listens

When I need a little light

I know we haven't talked

Since I dropped you in the dirt

I know you're not my lady now

But Baby, how I hurt.

(I could whistle up an old tune

That your memory might recall

Rustle up some reminisce

'Bout the good old days and all

If I were seeking someone else

I could find a way to hide

But I'm pleading like a pauper, Babe

And it leaves no place for pride)

I would toss away my troubles

When my Mary was here

But now I'm lost inside the ruble

Cause my Mary's not here

So could I come on over

With my heart in my hands

And place it on your pillow

Like a rusty old tin can

I'm drunk and seeing double

And my Mary's not here

Once again

Be the friend

That you've been

And take me in.

Please take me in. "

/Lyrics from The Harry Chapin Archive at Harrychapin.com\

Comments

10 years ago

Sam Bradstreet

What a loss and what a gift he had..starting to have enough time to remember, it was so real

10 years ago

Jessica Hubbard

shoot if mary were with me i would be more stoned :P

10 years ago

Troy Rossi

I believe this song is a metaphor for wishing he had marijuana haha.

10 years ago

allenrizzi

This song is the envy of every songwriter: It is straightforward, honest and the true grit of that time! How many of us have not asked, "So could I come on over with my heart in my hands?"

12 years ago

kalelskywalker

i love in the "picnic out in lincoln parl" line the music gets a little bit happier just at that moment he's talking about his plans

12 years ago

Mojo Bone

It's all too true; Harry was the nicest guy you could ever hope to meet, but it's also sadly true that the good die young. I'm really stoked that Harry didn't know how good he was, and I''ll never stop appreciating what he gave us.I'll cry sometimes, knowing what we lost, but I'll appreciate, cuz how can you not? And I know Harry wouldn't mind, cuz he gave us the music that music asked of him; he'd have gladly paid the price, had he known. That's the kind of guy he was.

12 years ago

Man Hattan

Possible favorite Chapin track....

12 years ago

electronmusicjunkie

Chapin Music was released on CD but unsure what label put it out. I was lucky to find a copy at a record store in Levittown, Pa that had it. If you want to check with them, the name is Positively Records. As for HC's stuff not getting played on the radio, HC himself said that they were too long. What a shame. He made way too much stuff that should of gotten airplay. Met him twice at the old Valley Forge Music Fair. Nice guy/

12 years ago

SongsofHarry

@Sheri451 I'm surprised that they have harry on the radio, finally a d.j. with some taste in music! - but to answer: you're close but harry start (from what I know) in '66 with the album "Chapin Music", I don't have the album -that was before Harry Chapin was "Harry Chapin", that was the "Chapin Brothers" I believe - his first ablum under "Harry Chapin" was "Heads and Tales" in '72, Sequel was his last in '80, this album "On the Road to Kingdom Come" was made in '76

12 years ago

Sheri451

This is from the 1960s isn't it? I know I used to hear it on a oldies radio station.

12 years ago

Tiny Dancer

"I'm a sad sack Sir Galahad whose sword's around his knees, with a Grail no longer holy and a prayer that's saying - please", who writes like that nowadays, I ask you?! Love this one (natch), but LOVE the version on "Legends of the Lost and Found" ten times as much *shaking fist at sky* It's become my own personal Grail.

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