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Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

by Fred Gardner

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Louise Lasser was the star of a uniquely realistic soap opera called Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, that aired five nights a week from January 1976 through May 1977. The social breakdown now so obvious in America was well underway by then in towns like Fernwood, Ohio.

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I used to watch you every night getting down on your knees
smiling brightly while you'd serve, serve, serve
Lying politely, slightly ill at ease
I loved you Louise, though you'd get on my nerves

They say you're proud and cold and just into yourself
Your hair ain't really red, your feet ain't so on the ground
They say you're Mary, can't play nobody else
I miss you so much I wonder where you're bound

Maybe she's gone overboard this time or overseas
To a place in the country puttin' up preserves
Do drop me a line sometime that's all I ask of you, please
I love you, Louise, although you'd get on my nerves

Last night I caught one of your ex-old-man's latest flicks
everyone was telling me how funny, how clever it was
Was that you there watching him watching the Knicks?
just waiting in the wings for a serious cause

Well we all make mistakes about friends and enemies
And tell me, who finds the lover he or she really deserves?
We all get bad breaks and make recoveries
I love you Louise although you'd get on my nerves

And me I don't need to feel no soft summer breeze
I been through a few blazing changes of Fall
I know no woman comes until she can freeze
and I love you, Louise, more than that Annie Halll.

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released March 11, 2015
words and music: Fred Gardner
Guitar lead licks by Jim Allen

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