John And Mary - Red Wooden Beads lyrics

(John Lombardo/Mary Ramsey) Manka stamped her feet saying hey hey listen to me A face she'd never meet, saying hey hey listen to me Sitting in the kitchen light, prism crystal gla** The banging ledger overdrawn A silent prayer as if to make it pa** Manka's days were spent thinking hey hey listen to me Her nights in argument thinking hey hey listen to me Running down the alleyway to catch the last Guignol Calling names of cities and a life that she would never know Late in the evening, sorting what to keep The boxes in the bedsit, her clothes all in a heap Manka free at last singing hey hey listen to me All through her autumn past singing hey hey listen to me Moving towards the telephone, dinner on the run The spiral cord wrapped round her wrist, the table sold A brand new day begun