Mary Rose

Down past Leiper's Fork where the Harpeth bends
Mary Rose came to her end with a watermelon pit in her mouth
Her pale blue eyes were open wide and the snowflakes fell inside
High above her gaze, in the sky so grey, the last heron flew south

Yeah the fire rolls away when there ain't nothing left to burn
Well, those clouds roll in when summer ends, and the roses wilt in turn
The more you gave the more it took and it just ain't fair, I know
But at least before you went to sleep
You brought a dream right into this world, yeah, Mary Rose

That seed it cracked, as the sky turned black, and it slid on down her throat
The moon did rise to say goodbye; a whippoorwill delivered the note
As her body sank on that muddy bank, a sprout rose through her teeth
A tear did slide from the corner of her eye; the world watched in disbelief

Yeah the fire rolls away when there ain't nothing left to burn
Well, those clouds roll in when summer ends, and the roses wilt in turn
The more you gave the more it took and it just ain't fair, I know
But at least before you went to sleep
You brought a dream right into this world, yeah, Mary Rose

As dawn came on, a little boy's song broke upon the Harpeth shore
At the place where Mary Rose once laid; but her body laid there no more
Instead a watermelon vine with fruit so fine, like emeralds in the snow they shone
Little Jackson Rose picked the best of those, and it tasted just like home

Yeah the fire rolls away when there ain't nothing left to burn
Well, those clouds roll in when summer ends, and the roses wilt in turn
The more you gave the more it took and it just ain't fair, I know
But at least before you went to sleep
You brought a dream right into this world, yeah, Mary Rose