Marlene Lyrics

When I was seventeen

I thought everything

Would start to float up to the sky

Ships and boats, the railway line

Would wind between the clouds

With bad men screaming out

That they couldn't get down

Tell me, I'll believe it

I was a piece of clay

That you both carved into a girl

Your fears under the spotlight

As your fingers moulded mine

When I look down at my hands

I can still see myself

Before I asked for help

Ooooh Marlene

It got better better better better

Ooooh Marlene

It wasn't the life for me

You can have my number

But I won't take the call

I'll dip my toe in just a little

Flirt with fire as it dwindles

My feet mingle with the waves

Let the water meet my knees

I would rather work with sand then clay

There's some things you can't reshape and

Ooooh Marlene

It got better better better better

Ooooh Marlene

It wasn't the life for me

I like working at a grocery store

Cause the stakes are low

I write with a grey-led pencil

Tuck my hair in after seven

A quarter tab of LSD

I don't wanna climb that family tree

No that's not the life for me

Ooooh Marlene

It got better better better better

Ooooh Marlene

It wasn't the life for me