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I used to get in trouble with my momma and daddy
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For calling Mary names
More than once I got a sore sit me down
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For calling Mary names
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But little girls just didn’t fit in
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With little boys playing cowboys and Indians
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Every night’s a stolen game
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For calling Mary names
No telling how many times I had to stay after school
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For calling Mary names
Wore out the blackboard writing I’m a bad boy
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For calling Mary names
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She couldn’t play baseball she couldn’t ride a bike
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In fact she couldn’t play any games little boys liked
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I was always getting the blame
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For calling Mary names
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Then we started growing up then we were in our teens
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Then something started showing up that I had never seen
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All of a sudden one day I looked and Mary sure had changed
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Seems like it happened all overnight and Mary was rearranged
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Ah but that all happened so long ago
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You see Mary’s my wife now and I just love her so
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But one thing sure hasn’t changed
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I’m still calling Mary names like darling then sweetheart
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Then baby I love you calling Mary names