Story Behind the Song
Another song written in order to get over someone. The guitar playing here is definitely influenced by Martin Sexton and Stephen Stills, and the lyrics are pretty much self-explanatory
Lyrics
Whoah Maggie May
You're enough to turn a straight man gay
I saw you on the turnstile, you waved to me as you were going the other way
You were always a little bit like a live wire,
but now you're like an open flame in my veins
Whoah Maggie May
it hurts me just to say your stupid name
you always wanted to be a big shot, and now you got your claim to fame
you might have lost your feelings for me, baby,
but you know that I feel just the same
I wish I was an eagle on a mountain
I wish I was a mountain in the sea
but most of all I wish I never met you
you got this stupid hold on me -- stop the insincerity
Whoah Mandy Lou
I really think I had enough of you
you're always apologizing, but you're never realizing what you do
'cause my shields are down to half-strength baby, from all these missiles that you threw
Whoah Mandy Lou
I'm crawling on my hands and knees to you
even though I now regret it, those days seem so electric and so few
I was blinded by your senses, and then your love took over in a military coup
I don't blame you for leaving me alone, that was just you being strong
I don't blame you for getting a job that was just you getting along
but where you really killed me, was when you dumped me on the sly
You better find another sucker baby, 'cause you really sucked me dry
I've been cheated, I've been wronged
Spent another night alone, wrote another stupid song
I've been wasting all my time
trying to close this story book, trying to get you off my mind
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John Doman
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