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There was a mother Mary in Dresden

Her man did not come home one night

She fell asleep holding her pillow so tight

Then in the morning, she had a phone call

From the police, telling he was dead

He had been drunk and had drowned in the local river

Hey ho, the road is long

We all need to carry on

I guess we need a song to take us through the day

The same mother Mary in Dresden

She had a son aged 19

His name was Jim, and he was the pride of his mother

And one day he got a letter

From the army, saying: We need you in war

And there he went, a thousand times self-assured

Hey ho, the road is long

We all need to carry on

I guess we need a song to take us through the day

Six months passed and the mother

Had got a letter or two from her son

She had begun to prepare for his arrival

Then one day while she was doing laundry

An army car drove up on the lawn

And out stepped Jim’s best friend

And Mary burst into tears

Hey ho, the road is long

We all need to carry on

I guess we need a song to take us through the day

Now Susanna was the only

Child that Mary had left

She was a breath-taking living beauty of 15

On the night of her first prom

She disappeared without a sound

After seven months they still hadn’t heard a sound

Hey ho, the road is long

We all need to carry on

I guess we need a song to take us through the day

Heart heavy as a stone

Mary was alone

She went down on her knees

And prayed to the Lord, Please

I am alone

All my birds have flown

And now I fly to you

Don’t you dare fail me, too!

Hey ho, the road is long

We all need to carry on

I guess we need a song to take us through the day

Hey ho, the road is long

To carry on you will need a song

To cheer you up and to remind you things will be fine