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.

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".

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.

Mamas do your children still sleep, in the safe of their cradles so sweet.
Story I told you I have forseen, Your little angel ain�t always so clean.
Days to come aren�t easy to see, Yo

u can change �em but it isn�t free.
I see that you don�t believe, ooo-oo, but you will see.

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.