Mean Mary - Woman Creature
WOMAN CREATURE (Mary James, Jean James)
Mary James – vocals, creature howls (wolf, coyote), banjo, guitar
Oli Hayhurst – upright bass
Larry Salzman – percussion
Mixed by Marc Frigo
I don’t need a full moon, it’s when the sky’s not overcast
The sun reaches high noon, and it can happen very fast
I hide under a shade tree when I start feeling strange
But a ray of light finds me, and I can feel the change
I guess I’m complicated, and so people back away
When the old me has vacated, I become something gray
Wish I could do a suntan ad, or find a suntan lotion
That’ll stop these changes just a tad, or change them to slow motion
CHORUS
If I howl or bay, or give my lonesome cry
Please don’t back away, it’s just my way of saying “hi”
Some say it’s like the howl, of a wolf that’s playing chicken
But maybe it’s the growl, of a woman panic-stricken
Please don’t run away, nothing’s ever what it seems
I’m trapped in a movie where everybody screams
I could be a sweet lady, a doctor, or a teacher
But once I set the monster free, they only see - woman creature
Some say I’m mythological, a product of nightmares
Some say it’s psychological, and caused by day scares
As I roam my territory, I might look quite voracious
But it’s just an allegory, I’m really quite flirtatious
I guess I have the specs of werewolf or were-coyote
With a “right the wrong” complex of a were-Don-Quixote
Wish I could do a suntan ad, or find a suntan lotion
That’ll stop these changes just a tad, or change them to slow motion
CHORUS
CHORUS:
Please don’t run away, nothing’s ever what it seems
I’m trapped in a movie where everybody screams
If you see me and Lon Chaney in a double feature
Just know I’m free, I had to be – a woman creature
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, says it’s ultraviolet radiation
The Agriculture Corporation, say it’s from cross-pollination
The World Health Organization, say it’s humanitarian evaporation
The Aviation Administration, blames a hydrogen ion concentration
The Ladies Aid Foundation, say it’s a vocational complication
My local TV station, says I need an inoculation
The Board of Education, says it’s just misinformation
My credit application, says it’s suspended animation