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by Harry Nilsson


Sister Marie
 
                             
Life is not easy for Sister Marie
                                
She finds that her thought is in error
                             
Her captive face haunting the mirror
      
Discomforts her

                                
She listens intently to Father McGhee
                               
As he tells her that faith is a blessing
                                
And she worries that he might be guessing
    
His irony

Chorus:
                           
It would be nice just to live like a lady
                      
And to have someone to marry
                         
It would be nice to have someone to care for
                        
Someone to care when I'm buried

Carefully presenting the semblance of peace
She fulfills her various duties
Until all the changes she goes through
Have wearied her

She writes to her sister at school in the East
To enquire how she is progressing
And startles herself by confessing
Her jealousy

Chorus

Verse 1 + Chorus





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