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The Tale of Minus Mary

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The Tale of Minus Mary
Written by Dan Gabel

They threw us together
Up in this holler
One sunny April day
Just to see if we could make some music
In our old-timey way

She sang so pretty
Just like Kitty
With a little Patsy Cline
How could I ever see it coming
Mary’d break this heart of mine

We got together
Every Thursday
To laugh and sing and pick
Those mountain songs her daddy taught her
Before he got so sick

But then Mary
Took to traveling
First Dallas then New Orleans
Looking back I kind of figure
I should have known just what that’d mean

CHORUS
Now I'm minus Mary
And it was kind of scary
How quickly she fled my scene
Like some kind of apparition
Or a figment of my dreams
Was it my singin’, or my playin’
Or my drinkin’ that did us in?
Two of those are coming together
But one’s my favorite sin

I hope I see her
Out on the highway
And we stop and share a song
Maybe figure out together
What caused this good girl to go wrong

Might never happen
But I’ll keep on playing
And hope to get it right
But I can’t forget it’s so damn hard
Living minus Mary every night

CHORUS
Now I'm minus Mary
And it was kind of scary
How quickly she fled my scene
Like some kind of apparition
Or a figment of my dreams
Was it my singin’, or my playin’
Or my drinkin’ that did us in?
Two of those are coming together
But one’s my favorite sin

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from Minus Mary, released September 1, 2018
Written by Dan Gabel

Minus Mary is:
Dan Gabel - guitar, mandolin, vocals
Alexis Hyatt - fiddle, guitar, vocals
Jason Loeks - bass, vocals
Dave Tavel - drums, percussion, vocals

Recorded at Owl Box Studios, San Rafael, California
Engineered and Recorded by Damien Rasmussen and Jason Loeks
Mixed by Damien Rasmussen
Mastered by Steve Orlando
Artwork by Katie Kincade

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Minus Mary San Francisco, California

Minus Mary is a San Francisco Bay Area band that plays acoustic-based original roots music and versions of some of our favorite country, old-time, Irish, Americana, and rock songs. Alexis Hyatt on fiddle, Jason Loeks on acoustic bass, Dan Gabel on guitar and mandolin, and Dave Tavel on drums and percussion. ... more

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