Lyrics Young Dubliners - Mary

Mary says she wants to sleep
She said she'll be alright.
She wants to be alone, you know,
She needs to think tonight.
She wants the pain to ease, oh
And just fade away.
She can't find any reason to wake up
to another day.

Said she's tired of giving
And she's tired of living

Oh, now, Mary
Hold on.

Mary was just eighteen years
When she left her home.
She's gonna take on the whole damn world
She's gonna make it on her own.
Pretty soon she met a man,
She said it changed her world.
They could be that Bonnie and Clyde
Said she'd always be his girl.

Oh, but then the violence started
He left the child and parted.

Mary, hold on.
Ma-a-a-a-a-ry, hold on.

He's got me falling
I'm falling to the other side.
He's got me falling.
I'm falling.
And I won't get back
To the end of the last
If he keeps on crying, "Mary, Mary!"

Mary was already gone
Before the morning light.
Friends didn't understand
Said it didn't seem right.
But I think they already knew
They just chose to ignore
'Cause Mary could be anyone
She's just the girl next door.

Oh, now, Mary's done with living.
I hope she'll be forgiven.

Mary, hold on.
Ma-a-a-a-a-ry, hold on.
Mary.
Ma-a-a-a-a-ry, hold on.