Music: Liam Gerner
V1
Mary moved to Nashville coz she liked the country feel, but
No publisher would sign her, couldn't get a record deal. A
Double denim A&R sleeze broke her country dream, Said
" don't need another want to be, just a silent secretary!"
V2
Mary chuckled "yes now I guess I'm in the music business."
Every week or so writers brought their new demos to her office
Chorus
While Mary neatly typed them line by line
She would discreetly change a rhyme
Or write a new verse from time to time
She'd make a rusty hook all sharp and shine
When writers heard their songs got cut by stars
On the radio, up in the charts
"Who changed the words?" they never asked
Maybe it was Mary... the silent secretary.
V3
She spent her days at a desk, and her nights singing for the tourists
Watching stars at the bar from the stage knowing she wrote their hits
She'd be up at first light, see staggering stars on the sidewalk
Thankful that she never got, what she thought she'd always dreamed of.
Chorus
While Mary neatly typed them line by line
She would discreetly change a rhyme
Or write a new verse from time to time
She'd make a rusty hook all sharp and shine
When writers heard their songs got cut by stars
On the radio, up in the charts
"Who changed the words?" they never asked
Maybe it was Mary... the silent secretary.