Lyrics

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, to the event of a lifetime!
Stocks world-famous shows advise you not just to observe, but to participate
In the greatest feat known to man
The justice of a beast
Mary, don′t you miss it?
Dancing for scraps
Mary, how they loved you
But you can't have it back
Why′d you have to go
And spill red right open
Now they've got to hang you
Put their town on the map
Children laughing, children crying
Cheering, weeping, pull her so high
See the people looking small
One last show to put on
Help me, I don't know what to say to you
Staring at me with your glassy eyes
I wish I could kill the men who hurt you
How do I say they already died
Mary, girl, I know you didn′t mean it
But how can I deny when so many have seen it
Mary, they won′t sing for you
As they lower you down
No bringing you flowers, no drinking of wine
Litchfield near supper, a break for the clowns
Come heartbreak, your toothache caused your resign
Buried by the train tracks, such a noisy place to lay
Left your broken body for the next town in sight
Oh, how they loved you, but in Erwin you'll stay
They′ll swear they had to hang you, there was no other way
Children laughing, children crying
Cheering, weeping, pull her so high
See the people looking small
One last show to put on
Children laughing, children crying
Cheering, weeping, pull her so high
See the people looking small
One last show to put on