EP 3:The story behind the song | Marfa
In SONGBIRD's third episode, a stalker's email evolves into the song MARFA from Martin Ruby's debut album HEAVEN GET BEHIND ME. As usual, we talk through the specific challenges this track presented to the songwriting process.
The demo as well as the final mastered version are included.
LYRICS:
Marfa
Marfa, you ain’t guilty
Tell you the truth about me
Spent some time in jail
I stole money because I was hungry
Met murderers and gamblers
Met dealers and weak men
No Marfa, you ain’t guilty
Because nobody is
And there is no reason
But there is a wall
On it’s written “rejection”
Now I feel so cold
And this is all a movie
I learned how to lie
Martin is my third name
I just lost my eyes
Oh, I think of my mama
Why don’t she come and take me
Well that rooster never crows
Every failure was a knife
But that was long ago
This is all a movie
I just learned to lie
Martin is my third name
I just lost my eyes
This is all a movie
I just learned to lie
Martin is my third name
I just lost my eyes
Marfa, you ain’t guilty
Tell you the truth about me
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN/Devils and Dust
GLEN CAMPBELL + JIMMY WEBB/Wichita Lineman