Marianne from Live Forever by Dog Trumpet

Marianne is a song about the late, great Marianne Faithful. I was inspired to write it after reading her vivid and colourful memoir ‘Faithful’ in 1994. First recorded and released by Mental As Anything a year later, the track was sent to her in England. We heard back that she liked it. While she was touring Australia in 1996 Reg and I met her at a party in Sydney at artist Martin Sharp’s house where she told us how much the song meant to her. Martin had the record and she danced as it was played on the stereo. As a songwriter that was a high-water mark. Recently Dog Trumpet started playing Marianne at gigs and we decided to re-record it with a new approach and sound and updated lyrics.

Tracklist

7.	Marianne	4:05

Lyrics

Do you remember Marianne and Mick
A thousand flights they had together
Everything was diﬀerent then
And nothing lasts forever
Sixty six to sixty nine
It ends in tears as years go by
All of our love to you my dear
Marianne Marianne
Marianne you’re somewhere out there
West of Dublin in a coLage of shells
Wrote some books s7ll making records
How it is and was is what you tell
You have been through the mill
But you’re s7ll beau7ful
All of our love to you my dear
Marianne Marianne
Marianne Marianne
Marianne on the wall on the losing end
Tell ‘em all you’ve gone away
S7ll through it all you came back again
Back again Marianne
Marianne Marianne
Marianne
All the roles you’ve played
In this life you’ve made
You have been through the mill
But you’re s7ll beau7ful
All of our love to you my dear
Marianne Marianne
Marianne
All of our love to you my dear
Marianne Marianne

Credits

from Live Forever, track released July 11, 2025
Peter O'Doherty

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