October 12, 2021

Mary Lou

Rockport, Maine

Mary Lou makes the decision of a lifetime and walks out after 43 long years.

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Lyrics

I flushed away all my pills
He came back with a gun,
I was crying.
I was scared

But I said
No, Mary Lou.
you got more living to do
No, Mary Lou
You got more living to do

NI pulled my car out the driveway
Drove away from that hell on earth
I was crying.
I was scared
But I said
No, Mary Lou.
you have more living to do
No, Mary Lou.
you have more living to do

Forty three long years
I lost my soul
Couldn’t see the man
I used to love

I walked out, I divorced Charlie
I will never be victim again.
I was crying.
I was scared
No, Mary Lou.
you have more living to do
No, Mary Lou.
you have more living to do
No, Mary Lou.
you have more living to do
No, Mary Lou.
you have more living to do

Story Source

Mary Lou Smith

CO-WRITER

Alex Adams, Malcolm Brooks, Nora Willauer, Raphael Meulemans, Stephanie Judy

PERFORMED BY

Suzie Assam

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