Mary got a baby and she's only fifteen

You can't see buddy for dust

Strangled in a small town, stuck out like a sore thumb

Nowhere to run, nowhere to run

Shame for the family

Mary got a secret and the whole little dirty town knows

Mary thought it was love, buddy thought it was lust

But it was Mary's balloon that got busted



Mary's old man just stares at the TV

Doesn't look at Mary at all

Mary just shivers like a lamb in the rain

He begins to pace, he slaps her face

Mary's mom's shattered

Little baby sister just screamin' on the kitchen floor

So Mary runs away in the middle of the night

Cause she can't stay home and be crucified



She says hey everybody here's a four letter word

And a three letter word for you



Mary has her baby in a faraway town

Nobody makes any fuss

No flowers, no tears, not a friendly face appears

Nobody cares, nobody cares

Mary gives the baby up

Stares out the window at nothin' for a couple of days

Doesn't see the baby, doesn't have the heart

And she doesn't go home to make a brand new start



She says hey everybody here's a four letter word

And a three letter word for you