Summer Dress Lyrics - These Four Walls - Shawn Colvin

I put on my finest summer dress 

So light and thin, it was my best 

I brushed my hair, I held my breath 

I went out to face the wilderness 

I went out to face the wilderness 

The men in hats, the boys on bikes 

The perfect girls, the baby dykes 

The superstars, the blighted ones 

I went out to face them one by one 

I went out to face them one by one 

And so goodbye MaryAnn 

As you turn to watch me 

Don't cry MaryAnn 

And don't try to stop me 

'Cause I'm gonna go where the lights are bright 

Where sacred secrets sail like kites 

We've been sleeping girl all our lives 

And we never lived, we just survived 

And we never lived, we just survived 

I'll take my heart, I'll take my key 

And I'll find out who, who could care for me 

Are there pots of gold, are there floods and fires? 

Are there thieves and beggars, saints and liars? 

Are there thieves and beggars, saints and liars? 

And so goodbye MaryAnn 

As you turn to watch me 

Don't cry MaryAnn 

And don't try to stop me 

I put on my finest summer dress 

So light and thin, torn at the chest 

I brushed my hair, held my breath 

I went out to face the wilderness 

I went out to face the wilderness 

MaryAnn, MaryAnn 

Don't cry 

MaryAnn