Marjorie in Her Garden Lyrics

Marjorie in her garden

On a corner of the estate

Planting seeds in the fertile soil

So they can germinate

Dreaming she's not indentured

Working just for herself

Marjorie's seeing visions

But not of fame or of wealth

She looks like she couldn't

Even hurt a fly

But there's more to Marjorie

Than meets the eye

Marjorie is biding time

She could be writing poems

But she's working on her list

A proscription that gives her every

Reason just to exist

The lords who always were looking

The vassals who crossed the line

The clergymen who were lechers

The king- the worst of his kind

So she trains her body

Her heart like anthracite

To show everyone who said

She couldn't be a knight

Marjorie was always right

Marjorie the time has come

Marjorie the deed is done

Marjorie will never bow to anyone

She didn't fit with tradition

So she hollowed out a space

With an axe she forged all by herself

A crossbow and a mace

A sharp blade of obsidian

With a handle of human bone

Delivered straight to oblivion

The king upon his throne

Marjorie was tired

Of always playing nice

Dismantling a system

Takes a sacrifice

Marjorie knew what would suffice

Only one thing would suffice

So now the castle is empty

The banners all are stripped

It's as quiet as a cloister

And as haunted as a crypt

She maintains her religion

She says her prayers at night

To God -but God the woman

There's no one more contrite

Sleeping on a feather bed

Her face so young and fair

With a dagger in her pocket

A flower in her hair

Marjorie is dreaming there

Marjorie doesn't need

Anyone or anything

Marjorie is planting seeds

Marjorie