Marianne's Revenge

An Original Ballad By: Amy Alls
(Inspired by the Monologue "Marianne, or: How I Spent My Summer Vacation" by Adam Hahn)




Down this road there’s a man
Who done me wrong. Now I plan
To take his life into my hands
Throw his heart as far as I can
Into the ocean
Into the ocean

One by one I’ll cut off his extremities
Watch him suffer the way he tortured me
Lock his parts in a box and send to sea
Pieces of our shattered history

I’ll sneak up on him in the middle of the night
Wrap a rope around his neck so tight
Let him struggle until I see dawn’s first light
Watch him die with a grin of sheer delight

Down this road there’s a man
Who done me wrong. Now I plan
To take his life into my hands
Throw his heart as far as I can
Into the ocean
Into the ocean

I’ll break into his house while he’s taking a bath
Throw a toaster in the water while I laugh
Fry him slowly enough so he knows that
I’m the one who made this happen

I’ll slip poison into his favorite drink
Make him swallow it fast before he can think
Stuff him into a bag to avoid the stink
Feel my heart rise up as the rest of him sinks

Down this road there’s a man
Who done me wrong. Now I plan
To take his life into my hands
Throw his heart as far as I can
Into the ocean
Into the ocean

I will break all his bones with an old rusty hammer
I will not let him scream as the rest of him shatters
I will keep him alive with the pain he encounters
At the end he will know all that really matters

Bit by bit I will ground his bones into a paste
Serve him up to the dogs and leave nothing to waste
Save the heart on a platter for myself I have placed
When he’s gone maybe he will know all I have faced

Down this road there’s a man
Who done me wrong. Now I plan
To take his life into my hands
Throw his heart as far as I can
Into the ocean
Into the ocean

With this gun and one bullet I will tear him apart
Rip his internal organs except for his heart
That I’ll save for the west where I’ve said from the start
I will throw it as far as I can out to the sharks

By the teeth of this saw, he will see just how strong
I can be and have been for all of my life long
I will send him to hell ‘cause it’s where he belongs
He will know he should not have done me wrong

Down this road there’s a man
Who done me wrong. Now I plan
To take his life into my hands
Throw his heart as far as I can
Into the ocean
Into the ocean