It was a fine day in the fifth grade when mary may let bobby walk her home from school he had her books in hand and he was listening to every word she said like it was the gospel of the prophecies and he loved the way her hair fell across her dress went home singing who wrote the book of love and try a little tenderness the next day ont he playground bobby sat mary down ont he swingset behind the sandbox and she said, bobby i just wanna play, so what is it you have to say? he said, mary, marry me. we could live out by the sea like the do on the movie screen. oh, marry me, mary may, before you go back to play it was graduation day they were waiting on a plane to take mary away said, theres nothing left for me here but you bobby, i hope you can find yourself through theres so much that i wish to know and i have to do this on my own and i hope you can understand bobby, write me when you can he said, take my highschool ring so time to time you can think of me and there's just one more thing before you leave he said, mary, marry me we could live out by the sea oh, like they do on the movie screens oh, marry me, mary may, before you are fly away theres so much time has past since that day and mary stopped writing years ago and bobby never took his music on the road guess he never really gave up hope though mary shes got everything she thought she wanted got a phd, she is an independent business woman climbing up the corporate ladder though it really dont seem to matter, she is lonely beyond belief so one day she went home looking for the only love she ever known she found him once again playing circuit at the holiday inn still singing the song about the one he lost long ago just goes to show you never know she took his hand in hers not everything she had planned and rehearsed she said, bobby, marry me we could live in a apartment building with the window hue we could take in movies on the weekend or plan our vacation take a honeymoon by the sea oh bobby, wont you just marry me? wont you just marry me? oh please, marry me it was a fine day in the fifth grade mary may let bobby walk her home from school