Mary On The Dashboard by Patricia Conroy Lyrics

[Verse 1]
There are troubled times we live in, I know it to be true
You see it in the papers and on the television news
We are bound to be commencing the beginning of the end
A girl these days is wise to have an angel for a friend

[Chorus]
So I keep Mary on the dashboard
Mother Mary on my dashboard
It's just a beat up '81 Ford
But I've got Mary on my dashboard

[Verse 2]
If I lose my bearings and I can't tell left from right
I know she will stick by me through every yellow light
She's a beacon and a deaconess standing watch alone
Like the masthead on the Mayflower, she'll lead me gently home

[Chorus]
'Cause I've got Mary on the dashboard
Mother Mary on my dashboard
It's just a beat up '81 Ford
But I've got Mary on my dashboard
[Verse 3]
There are those who say she's plastic and just a good luck charm
Positively powerless to keep me safe from harm
Well I try to make a point not to debate theology
But I swear I feel a power riding shotgun next to me

[Chorus]
When I've got Mary on the dashboard
Mother Mary on my dashboard
It's just a beat up '81 Ford
But I've got Mary on the dashboard (Mary on my dashboard)
Mother Mary on my dashboard
It's just a beat up '81 Ford
But I've got Mary on my dashboard

[Outro]
Oh yeah
Yeah