Marcie in a coat of flowers 
Steps inside a candy store 
Reds are sweet and greens are sour 
Still no letter at her door 
So she'll wash her flower curtains 
Hang them in the wind to dry 
Dust her tables with his shirt and 
Wave another day goodbye 

Marcie's faucet needs a plumber 
Marcie's sorrow needs a man 
Red is autumn green is summer 
Greens are turning and the sand 
All along the ocean beaches 
Stares up empty at the sky 
Marcie buys a bag of peaches 
Stops a postman passing by 
And summer goes
Falls to the sidewalk like string and brown paper 
Winter blows 
Up from the river there's no one to take her 
To the sea

Marcie dresses warm its snowing 
Takes a yellow cab uptown 
Red is stop and green's for going 
Sees a show and rides back down 
Down along the Hudson River 
Past the shipyards in the cold 
Still no letter's been delivered 
Still the winter days unfold 
Like magazines 
Fading in dusty grey attics and cellars 
Make a dream
Dream back to summer and hear how
he tells her
Wait for me

Marcie leaves and doesn't tell us 
Where or why she moved away 
Red is angry green is jealous 
That was all she had to say 
Someone thought they saw her Sunday 
Window shopping in the rain 
Someone heard she bought a one-way ticket 
And went west again