[Verse 1]
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

[Verse 2]
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."

[Chorus]
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 going out with someone new
Sunshine or rain, it's all the same
Life isn't gray, oh Mary-Lou
[Verse 3]
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, but you will see

[Chorus]
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 going out with someone new
Sunshine or rain, it's all the same
Life isn't gray, oh Mary-Lou

[Chorus]
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 going out with someone new
Sunshine or rain, it's all the same
Life isn't gray, oh Mary-Lou