From the recording Mary Kate
This is the second duet on "THE FAME GAME" with the great Sarah Lauer Ayers. "Mary Kate" is actually based on two different women--one from my high school years and one from my college years..I chose to make it about a pending high school reunion and the man wondering if his long lost love would be attending--and if she still feels anything. Within the song I give this lady the chance to echo her sentiments--and the listener learns that she is also fondly looking forward to seeing this man..but will he still care? One of my favorite tracks on the CD, and Scott Bradoka helps create the dreamscape sound I was seeking with his guitar echo.
Lyrics
MARY KATE
Should I go back again..back to that long ago..
Should I go back again to that memory
To subject myself to this reverie
I still can see her there..standing in the mist..
I still can feel the breeze and my buckling knees
As I drew her near for that winter kiss
CHORUS 1:
Does it feel like this, when you go to sleep
Is this just a dream a romantic scheme
That I'll play again without any end
Or should I let it go, fade into the past
Let this brief digression just float away
Like a summer day without Mary Kate
Lovely Mary Kate
Should I return again..back to my high school town..
Should I revisit feelings I thought were dead
Should I fill my heart with what's in my head
HALF CHORUS:
Or should I let it go, fade into the past
Let this brief digression just float away
Like a summer day without Mary Kate
Lovely Mary Kate...(lead guitar)
Sarah: Should I go back again to that memory
Jim: Should I go back again?
Sarah: I wonder will he be there?
Jim: Back to that long ago?
Sarah: I wonder could he still care?
Jim: Should I go back again to that memory
To subject myself to this reverie
CHORUS 1:
Does it feel like this, when you go to sleep
Is this just a dream a romantic scheme
That I'll play again without any end
Or should I let it go, (Sarah: Should I let it go?)
Fade into the past (Sarah: Fade into the past)
Let this brief digression just float away
Like a summer day without Mary Kate
Lovely Mary Kate...lovely Mary Kate
Sarah: After all of these years does he think of me?
Jim: After all of these years should I set her free?
Sarah: I wonder if he'll be there? I wonder will he still care?
I wonder if he'll be there? I wonder will he still care?
I wonder if he'll be there? I wonder will he still care?
c2000 Loftusongs