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[00:07.02]Mamas put your babies to sleep,
[00:11.66]story too cruelsome for them this is.
[00:15.39]In Junior high she said goodbye
[00:19.28]to her parents and ran away with a boy.
[00:22.66]She left her family warm and kind,
[00:27.14]all of her friends said "you're out of your mind".
[00:30.98]Life of her own she would find,
[00:34.51]it's monday and she's gotta grind.
[00:39.04]A Job as a waitress she sure was to find,
[00:42.59]beautiful face, mind of a child.
[00:46.62]Boy got her pregnant,
[00:48.71]Mary-Lou cried,"
[00:50.60]For this I am too young oh why did you lie"
[00:55.08]You said "it's okay if we do it today",
[00:58.76]I was so scared that you would go away. "
[01:02.25]Despite all the papers been signed,
[01:05.88]mama take me back be so kind".
[01:11.77]Only a child, reckless and wild,
[01:15.56]needs to come home again.
[01:18.99]He promised the moon but won't marry you.
[01:25.31]Nothing to do, eating for two,
[01:31.00]he's goin' out with someone new.
[01:34.73]Sunshine or rain, it's all the same,
[01:38.66]life isn't gray oh
[01:41.56]Mary-Lou.
[01:57.54]Mamas do your children still sleep,
[02:01.17]in the safe of their cradles so sweet.
[02:05.07]Story I told you
[02:07.11]I have forseen,
[02:09.05]Your little angel ain't always so clean.
[02:12.93]Days to come aren't easy to see,
[02:16.96]You can change 'em but it isn't free.
[02:20.70]I see that you don't believe,
[02:23.59]ooo-oo, but you will see.
[02:29.91]Only a child, reckless and wild,
[02:33.55]needs to come home again.
[02:37.18]He promised the moon but won't marry you.
[02:43.31]Nothing to do, eating for two,
[02:49.39]he's goin' out with someone new.
[02:52.57]Sunshine or rain,
[02:54.66]it's all the same, life isn't gray oh
[02:59.15]Mary-Lou.
[03:47.35]Only a child, reckless and wild,
[03:52.23]needs to come home again.
[03:55.57]He promised the moon but won't marry you.
[04:01.99]Nothing to do, eating for two,
[04:07.33]he's goin' out with someone new.
[04:11.07]Sunshine or rain,
[04:13.06]it's all the same, life isn't gray oh
[04:17.34]Mary-Lou.
[04:19.69]Only a child, reckless and wild,
[04:23.12]needs to come home again.
[04:26.75]He promised the moon but won't marry you.
[04:32.29]Nothing to do, eating for two,
[04:39.00]he's goin' out with someone new.
[04:42.39]Sunshine or rain,
[04:44.23]it's all the same, life isn't gray oh
[04:49.02]Mary-Lou.