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 foreseen 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 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 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 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