This life that I've created will be the death of me This lighter and these papers will tell me who I'm supposed to be These words that I've been saying will be forgotten by next week I'm in the habit of getting kinda faded and I'm feeling kinda jaded oh Mary Jane why won't you leave my brain Mary Jane while I still have a chance of ever being the same Mary Jane oooh My mama don't like you, but I do A problem shared is a problem halved they say I love that girl, can't wait ‘til she's passed my way A face to know, a place to go Yeah she offers me both But I'm feeling all this hatred oh ah Mary Jane why won't you leave my brain Mary Jane while I still have a chance of ever being the same Mary Jane oooh My mama don't like you, but I do When the light starts to fade Don't want my confident to go away Gotta find release, gotta find relief Gotta find some ease somewhere inside of a leaf ah But then it gets so hard to breath, oh it burns And it's time for someone else to get what they need from her Mary Jane why won't you leave my brain Mary Jane while I still have a chance of ever being the same Mary Jane oooh My mama don't like you, but I do