Tao Tao says
Her mother was born Chinese
Says, "I'm glad I missed the sixties"
And I turn around
See the rain drip through the trees
Streetlight close behind
Oh Martha,
Oh Martha
I left your book
In Shanghai (too heavy to move)
I made love to your roommate (almost missed my plane)
It's not true that I'd forgotten you
Oh Martha,
Oh Martha
Falling down the street that night
I could bet you I was drunk
I could tell you how
How the rails shown wet
Under the wild new century wind
Oh Martha,
Oh Martha
Come sit down darlin'
At my table
Come sit down darlin'
It's been too long
Come sit down darlin'
At my table
Come sit down darlin'
There's room for you here
Well I lifted off
With ten bucks and a soul and a cough
Stowed twenty-two hours (a misfit mind)
On a train line
To see that cloud
Hang a shadow under the banked wing of a plane
It's not true that I'd forgotten you
Oh Martha,
Oh Martha,
Oh Martha
Her mother was born Chinese
Says, "I'm glad I missed the sixties"
And I turn around
See the rain drip through the trees
Streetlight close behind
Oh Martha,
Oh Martha
I left your book
In Shanghai (too heavy to move)
I made love to your roommate (almost missed my plane)
It's not true that I'd forgotten you
Oh Martha,
Oh Martha
Falling down the street that night
I could bet you I was drunk
I could tell you how
How the rails shown wet
Under the wild new century wind
Oh Martha,
Oh Martha
Come sit down darlin'
At my table
Come sit down darlin'
It's been too long
Come sit down darlin'
At my table
Come sit down darlin'
There's room for you here
Well I lifted off
With ten bucks and a soul and a cough
Stowed twenty-two hours (a misfit mind)
On a train line
To see that cloud
Hang a shadow under the banked wing of a plane
It's not true that I'd forgotten you
Oh Martha,
Oh Martha,
Oh Martha