Who did kill Mary?* And other unsolved song mysteries

[IntelligentInputDarling]

*Hazard - Richard Marx.

Anyone know what happened to poor Mary?
Do we think she's still somewhere down by the river, in that old Nebraska town?

Boo! I was just going to ask that

Where do you go to, my lovely? When you're alone in your bed.

I know where you go to, my lovely .... cos I can look inside your head.

Bigger question - how is her name Marie Claire if she's from the backstreets of Naples? And how does she talk like Marlene Dietrich, who was neither French nor Italian?

Apparently Annie was one of those dummies used for practising CPR/mouth to mouth. The rhythm of the song is the same rhythm you would use for chest compressions.

Is this the way to Amarillo?

Did your boots stop workin?
Did your truck break down?

OMG this one! When I was younger I used to wonder if I was missing something, till I realised the ambiguity was deliberate.

(Also used to wonder why they were eating black-eyed peas with biscuits, till I found out biscuits meant something different in the US. 😄)

I thought the police officer killed Mary and framed it on the young lad. The town they lived in then all claimed they knew it as ‘he wasn’t right’. I thought the end of the video hinted at that but it’s been years since I’ve seen it!

That’s interesting! (That’s one of those things that tend to look snarky written down, but I actually meant it. 😄)

She’s not necessarily dead.
She just never came home.

Are we human? Or are we dancer?

I hope I'm human.

What is the certain song that allows me to boogie woogie all night long

Probably the same person who put the ram in the ram-a-lam-a-ding dong.. ;)

Why didn't Josie dump her no good boyfriend before going on vacation far away. Or did she do it when she got back? We all know he's a wrong'un.

When will we share precious moments?

What does There's a twist in my Sobriety actually mean?

My ex's sidepiece. As grassed up by my 5 year old.

She was welcome to him.

Why does it always rain on me?

Ever considered buying an umbrella?

Is Gina still working the diner all day, or did she dump that ex-dock worker and is now retired on a nice little pension?

Where did Tracy Chapman drive her fast car to in the end?

So what did she look like with a chimney on her?

To catch a bird

But who left the cake out in the rain?

Did they go down to the lake I fear?

Did Jolene take her man?