Mary Anne

Make a wish, Mary Anne 17 candles on a cookie cake From out the window looking in There’s a world waiting you could take Baby sister Loula Bell Been looking up to you since high chairs And maybe you could handle daddy’s hand But Lou ain’t living in that fear No Lou ain’t going through that hell Make a wish, Loula Bell Big back yard full of dandelions Never been the favorite here Mary Anne taking all of daddy’s time Missing momma more every day "Pick me up! Don’t drop me off again" Daddy begging Mary Anne to stay But her and Lou are moving in Mary Anne won’t be the same again Make a wish, Mary Anne On a star in a distant sky Needing to be whole again Momma knows your soul and sees it in your eyes She holds her head and starts to sob Shaking from the inside out Telling momma of what she was robbed What she swore she’d never talk about Momma holds her tight wiping tears "I’ve got you, Mary, I won’t let you go" And they turn to Lou scared to hear, but Staring back she whispers, no