Mary-Lou
INTRO
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VERSE 1
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Mamas put your babies to sleep,
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story too cruelsome for them this is.
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In Junior High she said goodbye,
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to her parents and ran away with a boy.
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She left her family warm and kind,
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all of her friends said "Youre out of your mind".
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Life of her own she would find,
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its Monday and shes gotta grind.
VERSE 2
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A job as a waitress she sure was to find,
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beautiful face, mind of a child.
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Boy got her pregnant, Mary-Lou cried,
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"For this I am too young oh why did you lie?"
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You said "Its okay if we do it today",
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I was so scared that you would go away.
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"Despite all the papers been signed,
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mama take me back be so kind".
CHORUS
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Only a child, reckless and wild,
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needs to come home again.
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He promised the moon but wont marry you.
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Nothing to do, eating for two,
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hes goin out with someone new.
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Sunshine or rain, its all the same,
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life isnt gray oh Mary-Lou.
VERSE 3
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Mamas do your children still sleep,
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in the safe of their cradles so sweet.
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Story I told you I have foreseen,
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your little angel aint always so clean.
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Days to come arent easy to see,
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you can change em but it isnt free.
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I see that you dont believe,
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ooo-oo, but you will see.
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SOLO
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