Mr. John Lee Revisited - Marissa Nadler

Mr. John Lee what is happening to me

Last time I saw you

Bringing fire wood into your house

From a tree

But I didn’t love you

Quite as much

As sweet Marie

The sherriff he never

Had to come

To wade through the water

Swamps

And some strange mystery

To find Marie

Me clad in Velveteen

Red lips and high heeled shoes

I carried you

Your weight for a long time

Through years and towns and took refuge

And I carried your weight upon mine

Marie got married

To a man

And I found your footsteps

In summer lands

To your lady

Marie has a daughter

And a new city now

And your skin is soft and tired

From the years

But your happy now

Me clad in Velveteen

Red lips and high heeled shoes

I carried you

Your weight for a long time

Through years and towns and took refuge

And I carried your weight upon mine

Mr. John Lee

What is happening to me

Last time I saw you

Bringing firewood into your house

From a tree