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Verse 1

Mamas put your babies to sleep,

story too cruelsome for them this is.

In Junior High she said goodbye,

to her parents and ran away with a boy.

 She left her family warm and kind,

all of her friends said "You´re out of your mind".

Life of her own she would find,

 it´s Monday and she´s 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 "It´s 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 again.

 He promised the moon but won´t marry you.

 Nothing to do, eating for two,

 he´s goin´ out with someone new.

 Sunshine or rain, it´s all the same,

 life isn´t 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 have foreseen,

your little angel ain´t always so clean.

Days to come aren´t easy to see,

you can change ´em but it isn´t free.

I see that you don´t believe,

ooo-oo, but you will see.

Chorus

Only a child, reckless and wild,

 needs to come home again.

 He promised the moon but won´t marry you.

 Nothing to do, eating for two,

 he´s goin´ out with someone new.

 Sunshine or rain, it´s all the same,

 life isn´t gray oh Mary-Lou.

Solo

Chorus

Only a child, reckless and wild,

 needs to come home again.

 He promised the moon but won´t marry you.

 Nothing to do, eating for two,

 he´s goin´ out with someone new.

 Sunshine or rain, it´s all the same,

 life isn´t gray oh Mary-Lou.

Chorus

Only a child, reckless and wild,

 needs to come home again.

 He promised the moon but won´t marry you.

 Nothing to do, eating for two,

 he´s goin´ out with someone new.

 Sunshine or rain, it´s all the same,

 life isn´t gray oh Mary-Lou.