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