(Tough Mary, Tough Mary, Tough Mary, Tough Mary) Don't bring me poses, when it's shoes I need; Don't bring me flowers; don't bring me the sea (Tough Mary, Tough Mary, Tough Mary is tough) And I'll love you forever, and you'll be mine (Tough Mary, Tough

Oh she's only seventeen Whine whine whine, weep over everything Bloody Mary breakfast busting up the street Brothers fighting, when's the baby gonna sleep Heaving ship too sails away Said it's a culmination of a story and a goodbye session It's a tick of

I swear to God When I'm hung over you I'm on my knees, begging pretty please I'm so love drunk stupid off these memories Mother Mary please, have mercy on me The Sun came up and I can't believe you're over me It's like ba-da-da-da-da-da Your shadows,

And into the river we'd dive I come from down in the valley Where mister when you're young They bring you up to do like your daddy done Me and Mary we met in high school When she was just seventeen We'd ride out of this valley down to where the fields

And just like dust we settle in this town Brothers hooked on Mary Jane We get bored so we get married And it ain't slowin' down, this merry go 'round Mary Mary quite contrary If you ain't got two kids by 21, You're probably gonna die alone At least

I'm prepared to die in the moment I swear by the moment What's love without tragedy 'Cause together ain't promised forever As long as we got each other Die in the moment 'Cause even forever ain't forever I was his Marilyn Monroe Brown eyes, tuxedo, fast

There is nothing you can say to ever make me want you There is nothing you can say to ever make me leave you American Mary Give my jewels to the army, my silverware and jeans Give my love to your family, tell them anything Give yourself to anyone, give

Tamp 'em up solid, buddy, so they won't come down Tamp 'em up solid, so they won't come down Baby, in your hand, baby, in your hand (Traditional) Baby, when you marry your railroad man Every day'll be pay day, dollar bill in your hand Mary and the baby

Rosemary you're part of me You know you are, you are, you are Truth ain't gonna change the way you lie Youth ain't gonna change the way you die Dear Rosemary You got away, got away, got away from me Now get away, get away, get away from me And on, and

Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river Big wheel keep on turnin' Proud Mary keep on burnin' Left a good job in the city Workin' for the man ev'ry night and day And I never lost one minute of sleepin' Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been Cleaned