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