"Speedy Marie"

SUBJECT: A sweet song for Frank's wife. The neat thing about this ditty is that the first letter from each line starting at "Juxtaposed" spells out her name (the smart kids call it acrostic).

In the sixth track, Mr. Black's sings "I sing this romaunt". A romaunt is a romantic poem. And, sure enough, the song ends with a quite lovely, romantic poem directed to a woman. This last section is written and sung in the classic 14-line sonnet style, with a rhyme pattern of A-B-A-B, C-D-C-D, E-F-E-F, G-G. The lines are actually an acrostic; the first letter of each line spells out "JEAN MARIE WALSH," presumably the Speedy Marie of the title. [source]

LYRICS:
Had a bit part / An endless reel / It always played in slo-mo / But now it's fast / A spinning wheel / I know the dynamo / My heart / Is cast / Speedy Marie / Ahead of the now / She's better built that`s how / she's build for speed / Speedy Marie / Speedy Marie / Oh yes indeed / I said to me / And so I sing this romaunt / It's not enough / My liberty / There is a thing I want / I need / I love / Juxtaposed / In each moment's sight / Everything / That I ever saw / And my one delight / Nothing can strike me in such awe / Mouth intricate shapes the voice that speaks / Always it will soothe / Rarer none / Are the precious cheeks / Is the size / Of each sculpted tooth / Each lip and each eye / Wise is the tongue / Wet of perfect thought / And softest neck / Where always do I / Lay my clumsy thoughts / She is that most lovely art / Happy are my mind and my soul and my heart

LIVE: yeah

ACOUSTIC: don't think so