Girls Like You

Mary Mary how'd you get quite so contrary? See the trouble that you started,
standing by your man
the boys don't like it when you play too rough
and you know too much
and you tell them things that they can't understand
it's not your fault that you knew better,
not your fault that you saw more
they said "don't listen to her, she's a sinner she's a ****"
and that's how they branded you til 1969
that's a bitter cup of wine anyway you pour it

Oh Mary, like an angel with your long red hair
but his mother was a saint, how could you possibly compare?
The story books all tell us,
doesn't matter what you do
it's never easy for girls like you

Mary Mary you're a puzzle you're a prize
you're a lover, you're a wife
you're a prophet
you're a mother, you're a child
come on Mary could you tell us how it's done?
'Cause we are guilty, every one
and we're paying for the crime
of opening our eyes

Oh Mary, like an angel with your long red hair
but his mother was a saint, how could you possibly compare?
The story books all tell us,
doesn't matter what you do
it's never easy for girls like you

Late at night did you get tired?
And find yourself falling to your knees?
Begging
just once, turn the wine back into water
be a father to my daughter
Oh please

Oh Mary, like an angel with your long red hair
but his mother was a saint, how could you possibly compare?
The story books all tell us,
doesn't matter what you do
it's never easy for girls like you