[Verse 1]

Denim skirt, take the dog for a walk

Marie doesn’t mind what we do

Big T-shirt, a beer in her hand

Marie is breakthrough

[Pre-Chorus]

'Cause I see life in rosy shades

When she’s in my mind

So much more than what meets the eye

Oh, to be as free

Just like Marie

[Chorus]

Marie burns in the hearts of the glum

Spreading her flame of wonder and awe

Distance holds me under her thumb

Together again by the luck of the draw

Cigarettes and daydreams

I wanna be Marie

[Verse 2]

Months passed since I’ve seen her last

Purple hair, strawberry tattoo

And a job she hates to do

Kiss some guy she doesn’t know

Chalk it up to the flow of life

And that’s just the way it goes

[Pre-Chorus]

'Cause I see life in rosy shades

When she’s in my mind

So much more than what meets the eye

Oh, to be as free

Just like Marie

[Chorus]

Marie burns in the hearts of the glum

Spreading her flame of wonder and awe

Distance holds me under her thumb

Together again by the luck of the draw

Marie dances to the beat of her own

[Bridge]

Let it sing

Hum-diddy-dum-day, hum-diddy-dum-day

Hum-diddy-dum-day, hum-diddy-dum-day

Hum-diddy-dum okay, hum-diddy-dum okay

Hum-diddy-dum okay, hum-diddy-dum okay

[Chorus 3]

'Cause Marie burns in the hearts of the glum

Spreading her flame of wonder and awe

Distance holds me under her thumb

Together again by the luck of the draw

Cigarettes and daydreams

[Outro]

La distance crée un fossé entre nous