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about
Jay Johnson's first single following his debut solo album, Four Quartets. Mary Anne is a cheeky, playful love song about the opportunity costs of playing in a touring rock band, with the narrator stuck in a van longing for the title Siren.
Recorded with Jay's Over The Counter music collective mates, Alex Westlein and Ryan McKeown (Dscry)
lyrics
Mary Anne
With your eyes of green
Twenty-some thousand leagues outta my league
Oh, darlin' what I'd do
To spend all my time out at sea with you
Mary Anne, if I wasn't in a rock & roll band, I'd be your man
Mary Anne, if I wasn't in a rock & roll band, I'd be your man
I would
Mary Anne
Mermaid of the sea
You're exactly where I want to be
But I'm stuck up here on land
Traveling with my band in a little van
Mary Anne, if I wasn't in a rock & roll band, I'd be your man
Mary Anne, if I wasn't in a rock & roll band, I'd be your man
I would
Mary Anne, if I wasn't in a rock & roll band, I'd be your man
Mary Anne, if I wasn't in a rock & roll band, I'd be your man
I would
Mary Anne if I wasn't in a rock & roll band
I'd be your man
I would, oh yes I would
Mary Anne, I'd be your man
Mary Anne, I'd be your man
Mary Anne, I'd be your man
Mary Anne, I'd be your man
Mary Anne, I'd be your man
Mary Anne, I'd be your man
Mary Anne, I'd be your man
Mary Anne, I'd be your man
Mary Anne, if I wasn't in a rock & roll band
credits
released March 10, 2023
Music, lyrics by Jay Johnson
Guitars, bass, ukulele, vocals by Jay Johnson
Drums, aux percussion by Alex Westlein
Keys by Ryan McKeown (Dscry)
Produced by Jay Johnson and Alex Westlein
Engineered and mixed by Alex Westlein
Mastered by Drea Young
Album Art by Jay Johnson
Jay Johnson is a Philadelphia-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist active in the Indie DIY scene. Jay plays
bass in Mandy Valentine, and plays guitar in Three Yards To Dover and The Pool Boys. Inspired by his love of travel, philosophy, the natural world, and 1960s bands like the Beatles, the Kinks, and Pink Floyd, Jay's music celebrates love, nature, and adventure....more
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