Mary-Ann is geschreven na een televisieprogramma over vechtscheidingen waarbij het kind een pion wordt in het steekspel van de ouders. Kinderen van gescheiden ouders hebben ook een grotere kans zelf ook sneller een eind te maken aan hun relatie. Mary-Ann is zelf slachtoffer van zo’n scheiding en moet de afstand tussen de voordeur van moeder en de auto van vader zelf afleggen. Ik moest denken hoe Mary-Ann zelf, als ze ouder is, omgaat met de wetenschap dat het tussen twee geliefden zo mis kan gaan.

Tekst:

July is at the door, she has been crying
After all the cheating and the lying
She don't know what went wrong
Thought her love was strong
Now she stopped trying

John sits in the car around the corner
From the house where he can live no longer
If only he could find
the right words to speak his mind
He might have told her

There goes Mary-Ann, suitcase in her hand
Running from the doorsteps, far too young to understand
There goes mary-Ann, as fast as she can
Running from the sidewalk, reach for daddy's hands

There goes Mary-Ann
John is baking pancakes for his daughter
She is playing with the dolls he bought her
If only he could bet hat little family
To support her

There goes Mary-Ann, suitcase in her hand
Running from the doorsteps, far too young to understand
There goes mary-Ann, as fast as she can
Running from the sidewalk, reach for daddy's hands
There goes Mary-Ann

How will she know, when she is all grown up
Will she give him love, I hope that she can Mary-Ann

Mary-Ann is waiting at the station
Knowing he will meet her expectation
She cries when their eyes meet, but she knows that he don’t need
No explanation

There goes Mary-Ann, suitcase in her hand
Running from the doorsteps, far too young to understand
There goes mary-Ann, as fast as she can
Running from the sidewalk, reach for daddy's hands
There goes Mary-Ann

Muzikanten:

Marrit: zang en gitaar
Frank: zang en gitaren
Erwin Meesters: basgitaar
Martijn Swagerman: drums