[Verse 1]

Margery's dreaming of the middle of the day

Tiyuri to win, Perfect Dozen to place

Money is the matter that's been on her mind

Time ticks by her, one race at a time

[Chorus]

She's trying to be a good girl

And give them what they want

But Margery's dreaming of horses

[Verse 2]

Looking at a green sky, sun like a red eye

Bright blue horses are the fortune she lives by

She's tired and lonely, scared and depressed

Her visions of one day go racing the next

[Chorus]

She's trying to be a good girl

And give them what they want

But Margery's dreaming of horses

[Bridge]

Margie doesn't say anything all the way home

So afraid she'll awake to find she's all alone

[Verse 3]

Margery's wingspan's all feathers and coke cans

And TV dinners and letters she won't send

And every race night is shot through with sunlight

Trying to hit the big one, one last time tonight

For drunken fathers and stupid mothers and

Boys who can't tell one girl from another

So she takes her pills careful and round

One of these days, she's gonna throw the whole bottle down

[Chorus/Outro]

She's trying to be a good girl

And give them what they want

But Margery's dreaming of horses

She's trying to be a good girl

And give them what they want

But Margery's dreaming of horses