[Verse 1]
Down the road I look and there runs Mary
Hair of gold and lips like cherries
We go down to the river where the willows weep
Take a naked root for a lovers seat
That rose out of the bitten soil
Bound to the ground by creeping ivy coils
Oh, Mary you have seduced my soul
Forever a hostage of your child's world

[Verse 2]
Then I ran my tin-cup heart along
The prison of her ribs
With a toss of her curls
That little girl goes wading in
Rollin' her dress up past her knees
Turning these waters into wine
She plaited all the willow vines

[Verse 3]
Mary in the shallows laughing
Over where the carp dart
Spooked by the new shadows that she's cast
Across these sad waters and across my heart