Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Dark Star Orchestra
A Robert Hunter lyric, recorded in the studio by Dark Star Orchestra
Lazy Mary, get out of bed
Your house is burning down
I don't want to wake you up
But it's burning to the ground
The telephone is much too hot
To dial up 911
Wake up Mary, like it or not
Put on your gown and run
Run, run, run, run, Mary
Mary run, run
Run, run, run, run, Mary
Take what you can carry
Run Mary
Take what you can carry
Mary run
Your teddy bear and your gun
Don't stop and fill your suitcase
You got no time to waste
No time to put on lipstick
Or powder on your face
Fireman with hose and tanks
Will soon put out the flames
No need to stop and give them thanks
Just get out of their ways
Run, run, run, run, Mary
Mary run, run
Run, run, run, run, Mary
Take what you can carry
Run Mary
Take what you can carry
Mary run
Your teddy bear and your gun
Run, run, run, run, Mary
Mary run, run
Run, run, run, run, Mary
Take what you can carry
Run Mary
Take what you can carry
Mary run
Your teddy bear and your gun
Your teddy bear and your gun
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