I wash the dishes and think about
Friends laughing and eating cake
And how when the frosting hit his tongue
It was an instant memory

And Marie, when he said it out loud
The clouds changed from pink to orange
Blue to black with the night at your back

I wash the dishes and think about
My friends laughing and eating cake
And how when the frosting hit his tongue
It was an instant memory

And Marie, Marie, he said it out loud and the clouds
Changed from pink to orange, blue to black, velvet night at my back

Eyes on the golden goodbyes
A queen's wave
A slow fade into the blacknеss
She is the actress with hеr practiced smile
She says "bye" for a while

(Bye-bye)

Her light makes the crooked old tree stand tall for Marie
Marie, Marie, I said it out loud and the clouds
Changed from pink to orange, blue to black, velvet night at my back

Marie, Marie
Marie, Marie