The Ballad of Jay and Rose Mary - Strawbs

The sun was rising slowly

Furnace hot at dawn

Jay was in his hammock

Whittling on a horn

I was in the kitchen munching stale cakes

Thinking about Rose Mary

And how the cookie breaks

All in all it's just another down-home day

Rose Mary was nineteen slender as a wand

Jay was something else a bullfrog in a pond

A viper in disguise a rattler in a sack

If you cared to call it

He would double slap you back

Rose Mary was smitten

She fell for Jay in style

Just like Robert Mitchum

Full of menace with a smile

Fluttered her eye lashes half an inch of hunch

Jay was like a schoolboy a kid in need of lunch

Jay took her to a dinner

And told her of his power

He checked into a hotel room

But only booked an hour

Rose Mary was no mug

She didn't miss a thing

When Jay stepped on

The gas whipping off his ring

His wedding ring was buried

In the pocket of his pants

Which Rose Mary was going through

While Jay was scratching ants

He opened up the bathroom door

Feeling I'll at ease

But Rose Mary was long gone with

His clothing and his keys

I was getting ready to round up

Missing steers

When Rose Mary came knocking

In a crocodile of tears

She asked me what my name was

I said my name was Jay

She asked me did I sleep well

I said most everyday

They say that money talks mine

Just said goodbye