IN a few interviews she’s given over the years about the album she said she let the songwriters read her diary in order to craft songs for her. Certainly the first two songs released, whatever their merits as quality songs, are personal musical statements for Mary. I think Life’s Been Good to Me might be something that could work as an intro and outro to an album meant as a personal musical memoir, but as a full fledged song? Well the lyrics are extremely obvious with little subtlety.