IntroVerse 1She Crossed An Ocean Long Ago,From A Place She Never Asked To Leave.Traded Freedom For A Railroad Car,Missed Her Life Beneath The Trees.She Learned Applause Meant One More Town,Another Crowd To Entertain.No One Ever WonderedIf She Dreamed Beyond The Chains.Verse 2September Found East TennesseeThe Tents Went Up On Time.A Stranger Climbed Upon Her Back,He'd Never Done This In His Life.One Careless Jab Behind Her Ear...One Flash Of Blinding Pain.In Just The Span Of One Heartbeat...Everything Would Change.ChorusIt Takes A Minute To Raise A Mob...A Lifetime To Admit It's Wrong.Everybody Wants SomebodyThey Can Hang Their Hurt Upon.Truth Don't Shout As Loud As Anger,It Don't Move As Fast As Blame.Before You Judge Another Soul...Remember Mary's Name.Verse 3Rain Fell On The Rail Yard,Like The Sky Refused To Watch.Children Climbed Their Fathers' Shoulders,Too Young To Know The Cost.The First Chain Broke Beneath Her Weight,She Crashed Into The Clay.Broken Long Before She Died...Still They Raised Her Anyway.ChorusIt Takes A Minute To Raise A Mob...A Lifetime To Admit It's Wrong.Once The Shouting Starts Rolling,Facts Don't Matter For Too Long.Justice Lost Its FootingWhen Vengeance Took The Reins.Before You Join The Crowd...Remember Mary's Name.SoloBridgeLong After All The VoicesHad Faded With The Rain,Someone Found The Reason Why She HurtExactly Where He'd Aimed.The Answer Came Too Late...Quiet As A Whispered Prayer.Funny How The Truth Shows Up...When No One's Left To Care.Final ChorusIt Takes A Minute To Raise A Mob...A Lifetime To Admit It's Wrong.Sometimes The InnocentWear The Weight Of Everyone.If Compassion Comes Too Late,It's Only Grief By Another Name.So Before You Cast That Final Stone...Remember Mary's Name.OutroThe Circus Folded Up Its Tents...The Crowds All Went Away.But Every Train Through ErwinStill Echoes To This Day.Some Stories Fade Like Smoke...Some Never Leave The Flame.A Hundred Years Have Come And Gone...Remember Mary's Name.
