Mara Lisa waves her hand at the car 
With a stick and a rose-colored shawl 
Fighting of tears of a dull and a deafening pain 
They'll repay every senseless act 
They ever borrowed from you 
Oh, just wait and you will see, won't you, Mara Lisa? 

Through the curtains, sees the town and the parades 
Oh, you know how innocence fades, don't you, Mara Lisa? 

Marching softly through the weeds in her front yard 
Up onto the porch to a sip of tea 
Wounded soldier with a cane and a bitter remedy 
You'll repay every trick you pulled 
On the boys that were lost out at sea 
Oh they drowned in your memory, didn't they, Mara Lisa? 
You'll repay every senseless act 
To the boys who were dead in the field 
Oh you know they're were already killed, don't you, Mara Lisa? 

Through the curtains, sees the town and the parades 
Oh, you know how innocence fades, don't you, Mara Lisa? 

Were you even capable of love? 
If you were, then how do you know 
Innocence keeps tabs on the ones it can't see 
It wet it's lips, and it said "Mara Lisa" 

Marching softly through the weeds in her front yard 
Up onto the porch to a sip of tea 
Wounded woman with a cane and a bitter remedy 
You'll repay every trick you pulled 
To the boys that were lost out in the field