Alana Brezenski - Mallory

Intro 
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Start up , ‘73, . . . Budweiser route . . . Miami down through the keys 
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Flagler’s overseas highway was narrow and rough 
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No weight on the wheels . . . or side mirrors on the truck 


[Verso 1]
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She was born . . .  in Cuba . . .  just 90 miles away 
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Where every day is songless . . . and every color gray 
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She heard a place of freedom lie . . .  just across the bay 
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So she strapped herself to a steel drum boat . . .  drifted away 
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She landed at Bud & Mary’s . . . Isla Morada in the Keys 
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She got a job cleaning fish . . .  as they came in from the sea 
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Fate would play matchmaker . . .  when they crossed paths that day 
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He met the Cuban girl . . .  putting cases of beer away 


[Verso 2]
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She knew a place of beauty . . . but in English couldn’t say to me 
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But he knew she sought . . .   the square called Mallory 
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He said hang up your apron . . .  tell Mary you’re coming with me 
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And we’ll watch the sun set together . . .  in that western key 
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She ran ahead to the rail . . .  the barrier to the sea 
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As the sun tucked itself away, she fell to her knees 
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She said a prayer to heaven . . .  in words unknown to me 
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But I knew two words among them . . . Jesus and Mallory 

Outro 
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For 9  years she rode beside me . . .  up and down . . . these keys 
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From Marathon to Big Pine . . . they stretched an end to me 
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The seven mile bridge . . . was  wide enough . . . that any now can cross 
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So Mallory and I we bought a shack . . . where we pretend . . . we’re . . .  lost