Maggie May
Rod Stewart - 1971

Wake up, Maggie; I think I got something to say to you.
It's late September and I really should be back at school.
I know I keep you amused,
but I feel I'm being used
Oh, Maggie, I couldn't have tried anymore.
You lured me away from home
just to save you from being alone
You stole my heart and that's what really hurts.

The morning sun when it's in your face really shows your age,
But that don't worry me none; in my eyes, you're everything.
I laughed at all of your jokes;
my love you didn't need to coax.
Oh, Maggie, I couldn't have tried anymore.
You lured me away from home,
just to save you from being alone
You stole my soul, and that's a pain I can do without.

All I needed was a friend to lend a guiding hand
But you turned into a lover and mother what a lover! You wore me out.
All you did was wreck my bed
and in the morning kick me in the head
Oh, Maggie, I couldn't have tried anymore.
You lured me away from home
'cause you didn't want to be alone.
You stole my heart; I couldn't leave you if I tried.

I suppose I could collect my books and get on back to schoo,l
Or steal my daddy's cue and make a living out of playing pool.
Or find myself a rock and roll band that needs a helpin' hand.
Oh, Maggie, I wish I'd never seen your face.
You made a first-class fool out of me
But I'm as blind as a fool can be.
You stole my heart but I love you anyway.

Maggie, I wish I'd never seen your face.
I'll get on back home one of these days.

..............................

And From the DT there is also the original

Maggie May

cho: Oh Maggie, Maggie May
They have taken her away
To slave upon Van Dieman's cruel shore.
Oh, you robbed so many whalers, and dosed so many sailors
But you'll never cruise 'round Peter Street no more.

Oh. I'll never forget the day when I first met Maggie May,
She was standing on a corner at Canning Place,
In a full-sized crin-o-line, like a frigate of the line,
And as she saw I was a sailor I gave chase.

She gave me a saucy nod, and I, like a farmer's clod,
Let her take me line abreast in tow,
And under all plain sail, we ran before the gale
And to the Crow's Nest Tavern we did go

Next morning when I woke, I found that I was broke,
No shoes or shirt or trousers could I find,
When I asked her where they were, she answers "My dear sir,
They're down in Lewis' pawnshop number nine."

So to Lewis' I did go, but no clothing could I find,
And the policeman took that wicked girl away,
And the judge he guilty found her, of robbing a homeward-bounder,
And now she's doing time in Botany Bay.

She was chained and sent away from Liverpool one day,
The lads all cheered as she sailed down the bay,
And every sailor lad, he only was too glad
They'd sent that old whore out to Botany Bay.



Sincerely,
Gargoyle

In a recent MC Thread October 20, 2015....includes interview and song origins. Origins - Rod Stewart - Maggie May
...?
.I.