Mamas put your babies to sleep, 
story too [bad word] 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.

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 [bad word] 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 [bad word] 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