Maryanne the Optimist

Maryanne the optimist, pours me tea
She knows how to make it better
There's something magical when she speaks to me
Even if it's just about the weather

She says rain coming now it'll swallow you up if you let it
Better umbrella down for a while
Don't be afraid to wade in the water
It's just a little rain anyhow

Maryanne the optimist, cafe evangelist
Barista of philosophy
People come from all around hooked on the sacred grounds
She don't need no PHD

She says, one day you'll find the answer's inside of you
When you least expect it you'll know
She says, be your own woman, make your own mistakes
And when it's time to leave just go, oh, oh
Oh Maryanne

Maryanne the optimist, chasing the clouds away
Waiting for the wheel to turn again
Serving her customers, sharing experience
The wisdom of an old mother hen

I'm not the only, there's so many others
Feeling the benefit in time
The coffee was good, the tea was amazing
But the words from her heart, divine

Maryanne the optimist, she set me free
I travelled half way 'round the globe
Fell in and out of love, looked to the stars above
To make my own way down the road

And when I returned the cafe was calling me
To tell Maryanne everything
But a stranger spoke, of a long hard winter
So cold, so unforgiving, that Maryanne was gone by the spring

Oh Maryanne
Maryanne the optimist