Story Behind The Song
Meeting and working as a visiting nurse in the East Los Angeles and Monetary Park area was the inspiration behind the song.
Song Description
There has always been a lot of judgment about and concerning the war on people/drugs started in the Nixon 70's. Besides the pain and illness we all will at some point suffer; we have an oppressive system that promotes what it claims to fight!
| Song Length |
3:20 |
Genre |
Rock - Hard Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Affable, Amiable |
Era |
1980 - 1989 |
Lyrics
Her name was Mary Jane
And since I kissed her lips I'll never be the same
She's got me good, under my skin, you know I'm hooked
Friend's tell me just so no, some think she's out of control
But I not one to be politically correct, or follow the status quo
She's got trouble with the law, but in her I see no flaw
Cause she's a nurse to all who are sick or alone anytime they call
Cause in a dirty hotel down in East L.A.
Alone with her disease, with no friends or family
She comforts her in her misery, oh she's alone with them there
Where (we) the blind can't see
Maybe tomorrow she'll be gone, or I'll sing a new song
But though we parted ways, got nothing bad to say about Mary Jane
Cause Love is what it is, more than a feeling or game
It doesn't judge, lord over you, or give you pain
No not my Mary Jane, no not Mary Jane, my Mary