Mean Mary - Tarzan

TARZAN is from my upcoming album WOMAN CREATURE, available October 4th! Pre-order now: Tarzan (Mary James, Jean James) Mary James – vocals, banjo, guitar Frank James – vocals, jungle animals (lion, elephant, chimpanzee, parrot) Oli Hayhurst – upright bass Larry Salzman – percussion Mixed by Dominic Romano While I was deeply sleeping, something brushed my cheek I looked up silently, afraid to speak The ceiling far above me had a breach And downward hung a rope—within my reach My groggy mind said climb, so I climbed high And through the breach I saw trees and sky As I climbed into another place and time I saw a man of beauty, saw a man, so sublime CHORUS Outlined against the sun in silhouette He made me wish the sun would never set The clothes he barely wore showed off his tan He wasn’t really dressed like Thor, but he was a warrior man Oh, this must be Tarzan Oh, Tarzan He climbed a nearby tree, and I climbed too As any sane, red blooded girl would do And when he swung away on a leafy vine I used my rope and thought I did just fine But my rope became a string and then a thread I tumbled ever downward to my bed The ceiling closed, the darkness closed around me Leaving strange visions to confuse and confound me CHORUS He’d vanished in the gray gloom of dawn But in my heart, I knew he wasn’t gone For somehow, I had found a tiny thread There among the covers of my bed When night returned, my tiny thread of hope Would turn into a string and then a rope CHORUS Outlined against the sun in silhouette He made me wish the sun would never set The clothes he barely wore, I could not ignore How they showed off his tan He wasn’t Thor, but I was for sure, he was a warrior man Oh, this must be Tarzan - Oh, Tarzan