Name: Poor Mary Todd
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Description: Mary Todd Lincoln

Poor Mary Todd

from First Ladies by Adam Tressler

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Mary Todd Lincoln

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mary lincoln fell apart
grief overwhelmed a broken heart
she sat beside her lover when a point blank shot
ripped everything away
i bet her left ear rang for days
poor mary todd, she went insane

she had a temper, she got jealous
she could really be anyone of us
a little needy, a bit compulsive
find me somebody that never was
maybe we, can give her a break cuz

mary lincoln lost three sons
the second was the hardest one
when willie died of typhoid mary came undone
she spent three weeks in her bed
skipped the funeral downstairs
she never went in his room again
poor mary todd had gone over the edge

a bit manic, she had headaches
we should forgive a little opium
she had a seance in the white house
the psychics found an easy mark
The First Lady was gullible

mary grew more paranoid
suspicious of her oldest boy
three months in an asylum (after) she tried to kill herself
a jury and a judge
sent mary todd where she couldn’t hurt anyone

mary, nobody wanted to steal from you
no you didnt have to carry all your money around
mary, you went and ruined your favorite dress
adding pockets for the money you kept carrying around

and when she finally went to sleep
in her sister’s house at 63
by the end her vision failed her, she could hardly see
they buried her in white
after twenty years in black
reunited with them at last
poor mary todd, in peaceful rest

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we know she could be corrupted
by fortune tellers and spiritualists
more than just wishful thinking
she thought that she was talking with them

we know that she was bad with money
shopping for the finest things
she kept on buying curtains
with no home to hang them in

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from First Ladies, released May 28, 2021

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