Mary Got A Baby

from Six Songs by lizband

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lyrics

Mary got a baby
and she's only fifteen
and you can't see buddy for dust
strangled in a small town
stuck out like a sore thumb
nowhere to run, nowhere to run
shame for the family
Mary got a secret and the whole
dirty little town knows
Mary thought it was love
buddy thought it was lust
and it was Mary's balloon
that got busted

Mary's old man
just stares at the TV
doesn't look at Mary at all
Mary just shivers
like a lamb in the rain
he begins to face
he slaps her face
Mary's mom's shattered
little baby sister screaming
on the kitchen floor
so Mary runs away
in the middle of the night
cuz she can't stay home and be crucified

she says, "hey everybody
here's a four letter word
and a three letter word for you"

Mary has her baby
in a far away town
nobody makes any fuss
no flowers, no tears
not a friendly face appears
Mary gives the baby up
stares out the window at nothing
for a couple of days
she doesn't see the baby
she doesn't have the heart
and she doesn't go home
and make a brand new start

she says, "hey everybody
here's a four letter word
and a three letter word for you"

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from Six Songs, released June 6, 1994

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Lizband

Jun 2005
Devotion

Apr 2002
i've been here before

Oct 1998
Six Songs

Jun 1994

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