Mary La Del Burdel
La Mona Jiménez
Mary from the Brothel
Out comes Mary like every morning from the brothel
Stumbling from the booze she’s had
Because her son is dying in prison
And the customers don’t want to look at her anymore
They don’t invite her, she’s out of place
Because her body’s not in its twenties anymore
You can see that all those nights of drinking
And bought love took their toll
And the young girls laugh at her without mercy
Out comes Mary with just three bucks in her purse
And a piece of paper is all she carries
Under the streetlight, she waits for him to pick her up
And she feels scared, this time it could be fatal
If there’s no cash, he’ll go crazy
And she gets in the car, shaking like a leaf
Then a gunshot rings out
The door swings open and she falls
No more life, the wound is fatal
Mary!! Only her son cries for her in prison
And those who know nothing will say
Who lives wrong ends wrong
They’ll judge her coldly
Mary!! She won’t come to work tonight
It was a settling of scores, they’ll say
In the police report
And the shooter is on the run
The same Mary who brought so many men
To their knees at her feet long ago
Now lies between the feet of a cop
Who checks to see her ID
While the curious gather around
The cruel fate and what irony
When she was a girl, she used to play
With her dolls on this street
The same street where she lies dead today
Mary!! Only her son cries for her in prison
And those who know nothing will say
Who lives wrong ends wrong
They’ll judge her coldly
Mary!! She won’t come to work tonight
It was a settling of scores, they’ll say
In the police report
And the shooter is on the run
(Waiter, I want the same table where Mary was)
(Please, two whiskeys, one for her and one for me, Mary)
Mary! Only her son cries for her in prison
No one will claim her
No one will claim her tomorrow
Everything, everything will be forgotten, everything
Mary! Only her son cries for her in prison
No one will claim her
No one will claim her tomorrow
Everything, everything will be forgotten, everything
She was the goddess of the brothel but time passes
Mary, what a cruel ending, oh, oh, Mary
