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She lived on the curve of the road
In an old tar-paper shack
On the south side of town
On the wrong side of the tracks
Sometimes on the way into town
We'd say 'Mama, can we stop and give her a ride?'
Sometimes we did, but her hands flew from her side
Wild eyed, crazy Mary
Down a long dirt road
Past the parson's place
An old blue car
We used to race
Little country store with a sign tacked to the side
Said ' No L-O-I-T-E-R-I-N-G allowed'
Underneath that sign always congregated quite a crowd
Take a bottle, drink it down, pass it around
Take a bottle, drink it down, pass it around
Take a bottle, drink it down, pass it around
One night thunder cracked mercy backed outside my windowsill
Dreamed I was flying high above the trees, over the hills
Looked down into the house of Mary
Terrible tunnel, newspaper-covered walls
And Mary rising up above it all
Next morning on the way into town
Saw some skid marks, and followed them around
Over the curve, through the fields
Into the house of Mary
That which you fear the most, could meet you halfway
That which you fear the most, could meet you halfway
| oceansurf (Vancouver, for now) | Posted: May 14, 2013 - 12:50 Good lord, no. Terrible... |
| Grammarcop (A mitten surrounded by water) | Posted: May 14, 2013 - 12:48 Ghastly. |
| ckcotton (Adding snarky comments since 2007) | Posted: May 14, 2013 - 12:48 asilbuch wrote: this could be the most annoying thing I've ever heard in my life Check out ANYTHING Yoko had recorded..... |
| jackiewelsh (ATX) | Posted: May 14, 2013 - 12:46 I 2nd asilbuch wrote: this could be the most annoying thing I've ever heard in my life |
| asilbuch (NoVA) | Posted: May 14, 2013 - 12:44 this could be the most annoying thing I've ever heard in my life |
| ckcotton (Adding snarky comments since 2007) | Posted: May 14, 2013 - 12:43 Pearl Jam version please..... |
| hippiechick (topsy turvy land) | Posted: Apr 13, 2013 - 06:18 What you fear the most meets you half the way. |
| smdeeg (SillyCone Valley) | Posted: Mar 12, 2013 - 19:28 Like some of her stuff, not especially diggin' this. Nice little bit of guitar at the end tho. |
| Euskadita (MX) | Posted: Feb 09, 2013 - 10:43 bev wrote: Thank you thank you thank you RP for installing the little, powerful, life-affirming, glorious "PSD" button for times such as these. Sucko. Barfo. Indeed. Damn, my PSD song was shorter than this one, |
| bev (Reno, NV) | Posted: Nov 07, 2012 - 08:56 Thank you thank you thank you RP for installing the little, powerful, life-affirming, glorious "PSD" button for times such as these. Sucko. Barfo. Indeed. |
| lily34 (GTFO) | Posted: Nov 07, 2012 - 08:55 iTuner wrote: This is a special kind of terrible.  |
| Sloggydog (UK) | Posted: Sep 24, 2012 - 09:37 More godlike than what God would make if he were real. Beautifully told story. Sorry just looked at the ratings and comments on this and if it comes up on the radio again (I have it on PSD) I would just like to point out that while you are all entitled to your opinion in this case most of you are wrong. |
| jagdriver (Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise) | Posted: Sep 05, 2012 - 10:30 Another RP WTF moment. |
| aelfheld | Posted: Jul 04, 2012 - 12:34 Propayne wrote: Ms. William's voice is an acquired taste. Much like arsenic. But not nearly as pleasant. |
| fatcatjb (Sunny Sacramento) | Posted: Jun 02, 2012 - 23:13 Lewis_Cooper wrote: Victoria had me from her first album Musings of a Creek Dipper, you either love her voice or not... I love it and her great song writing! Thank you Lewis_Cooper for putting this in context. I had great expectations for Creek Dipper and I just didn't get it, much to my chagrin. We have such interesting tastes and tolerances...I love Neil Young but can't stand Bob Dylan. Brilliance in the eye of the beholder. |
| mike_chouinard | Posted: Feb 28, 2012 - 13:07 I think Lou Reed and his ex Sylvia started Sweet Relief to help Vic when she was diagnosed with MS and had no health insurance. Haven''t heard any updates from her in some time. stevetipp wrote: I love this every time i hear it, Pearl Jam's version is awesome. I heard a duet I believe with Eddie she did that was great too. I find her truly endearing. I believe she is one of the founders of "Sweet Relief." |
| ScottFromWyoming (Powell) | Posted: Feb 28, 2012 - 13:04 Suffers from the (over)production but it's a good album anyway. |
| rob3000 (San Jose, CA) | Posted: Feb 28, 2012 - 13:03 This is yuck, not my cup of tea I guess!!! |
| Ears_of_Stone (Crushed under the hooves of the herd) | Posted: Feb 28, 2012 - 13:03 The new Play Something Different (PSD>>) button above ^ is very handy during this song. |
| mike_chouinard | Posted: Feb 28, 2012 - 13:00 Play more Vic, especially anything off Swing the Statue. |
| iTuner | Posted: Jan 27, 2012 - 20:46 This is a special kind of terrible. |
| Propayne (Richmond VA) | Posted: Aug 22, 2011 - 17:10 Ms. William's voice is an acquired taste. Best song on this CD is "You R Loved" in my opinion. Nice cover of the Randy California/Spirit tune "Nature's Way" on this disc also. |
| hencini | Posted: Aug 22, 2011 - 17:02 Huh. Never heard her version before, only the PJ version on the Sweet Relief benefit album. Good stuff. |
| Lewis_Cooper | Posted: Jul 22, 2011 - 08:13 Victoria had me from her first album Musings of a Creek Dipper, you either love her voice or not... I love it and her great song writing! |
| nohopenofearnoname (wine country) | Posted: Mar 09, 2006 - 19:03 JGD wrote: so wait... she wrote this and performed the version now playing, but it is the Pearl Jam version that is actually good? Do I have that straight?
unfortunately, yes. |
| ryuujin23 (North of the purple sage) | Posted: Mar 09, 2006 - 15:04 jgeyer wrote: Is this Dolly Parton?
 I was thinking the same thing.
I also want to start singing "100 bottles of beer on the wall" when I here any version of this. |
| JGD | Posted: Mar 09, 2006 - 15:04 so wait... she wrote this and performed the version now playing, but it is the Pearl Jam version that is actually good? Do I have that straight? |
| lixy (Sverige) | Posted: Mar 09, 2006 - 15:04 Take a joint, light it up, pass it to ... Vicky. |
| twothingsatonce (Chicago) | Posted: Mar 09, 2006 - 15:04 Really. Not. Diggin'. It. |
| stevetipp (Woodland Hills, CA) | Posted: Mar 09, 2006 - 15:03 I love this every time i hear it, Pearl Jam's version is awesome. I heard a duet I believe with Eddie she did that was great too. I find her truly endearing. I believe she is one of the founders of "Sweet Relief." |
| nohopenofearnoname (wine country) | Posted: Mar 09, 2006 - 15:03 What the fuh? :puke: |
| hippiechick | Posted: Mar 09, 2006 - 15:02 I like her songs, but I like them better when she's not singing them. Several artists did a benefit album for her because she has MS and no insurance. (Welcome to America) |
| guitar_man_101 (Winnipeg Manitoba Canada) | Posted: Mar 09, 2006 - 15:00 trollboy wrote: my first 1. please be over. i don't like it. crazy.
You read my mind |
| grassfolk420 (San Antonio, surrounded by rabid Bushies.) | Posted: Feb 22, 2006 - 23:05 This is just not giving me warm fuzzies. The music is okay but the singer is killing me. |
| tony620d (an office) | Posted: Feb 08, 2006 - 06:05 pearl jam made this song... the original is still good however. |
| Danny_G (www.frappr.com/radioparadise) | Posted: Feb 08, 2006 - 06:03 :puke: |
| trollboy | Posted: Jan 24, 2006 - 14:17 my first 1. please be over. i don't like it. crazy. |
| crockydile | Posted: Jan 24, 2006 - 13:50 Her voice is a little too odd for me, and I like Geddy Lee. ;*) |
| jgeyer | Posted: Jan 24, 2006 - 13:46 Is this Dolly Parton? |
| trempel (Abbostsford, BC, Canada) | Posted: Dec 12, 2005 - 00:04 I wonder where these lyrics were inspired from? perhaps 99 bottles of beer on the wall... |
| spencer (Cologne, Germany) | Posted: Nov 14, 2005 - 16:42 Ey, where's the upload-site, can't find it.. I would really like to upload pearl jam's version.. please help.. damn, i'm drunk.. |
| spencer (Cologne, Germany) | Posted: Nov 14, 2005 - 16:37 Sucko-barfo!.. Pearl Jam! YAY YAY YAY!  |
| Bocephus (Boulder, CO) | Posted: Oct 14, 2005 - 11:16 I think the version of this that she sings with Lou Reed is much superior to this one. Good song though. |
| flandersdog (the sunny Pac NW) | Posted: Oct 14, 2005 - 11:16 it's a terrific song but better left to Pearl Jam. however, I can't speak too harshly of someone who puts a dog on her album cover! dogs rule |
| DisplacedNorthrnr (whereIBiswhereIM) | Posted: Aug 16, 2005 - 07:14 that what you fear the most will meet you halfway... say what you will about the song, that is a great line. |
| physicsgenius | Posted: Aug 16, 2005 - 07:12 So...the claim here is that this is not Dolly Parton? |
| MisterVErb (Southern Vermont) | Posted: Aug 16, 2005 - 07:11 psycholynx wrote: Is this Jennifer Tilly?!?
 too funny. i'll never be able to listen to VW with a straight face again. i really dig Pearl Jam's version of this song on the Sweet Relief album. |
| Helchat (a record store near you) | Posted: Aug 01, 2005 - 11:18 Me thinks me hear Stevie Nicks in the backing vocals.... it's not that bad you guys lol.  |
| Zep (Outdoors) | Posted: Aug 01, 2005 - 11:17 fortyonejb wrote: This little "Crazy" set started out phenomenal, and well i can say it hasn't gotten better as its gone along.... I think you came out of the gates peaking with Billie. meh, not the worst theme set ever, not the best though.
Hope it doesn't end up with "Crazy on You" by Heart. |
| ksb (Oakland, CA) | Posted: Jun 03, 2005 - 14:02 ploafmaster wrote: Good LORD I can't stand that squeeky chorus thing she has going on.
That forced me to lower this from a 3 to a 1. I'd rather give myself a hot water labotomy using my wife's power drill. Indeed it does sound like someone is pinching her during the chorus, but I'm now far more interested in your wife's collection of power tools... |