Mary, Mary, why you want to do me this way Mary, Mary, why you want to do me this way? I was dumb enough not to settle down when you wanted to Now I'm sittin' here going crazy trying to crawl back to you But I was smart enough to come to my senses Be who

I just begun I'm just a crazy kind of girl I'll tell it to the world Inside me there's something I found I wanna shop around Don't wanna settle down All I gotta say is I just want to have some fun And I'll do it until I'm done

You got that right Sure got that right I like to drink and to dance all night Comes to a fix not afraid to fight Said, you got that right Well I've heard lots of people say They're gonna settle down You don't see their faces And they don't come around

Don't you know But light is settled baby making you look at me Tell me who it is gonna be I'm thinkin' should I put down time A wildcard haunting me Tell me who is it gonna be yeah yeah Oooh, don't know how you feel Oooh, tell me how you feel Hear me,

Taking the long way around Taking the long way No I, I could never follow But I, I could never follow Maybe someday, someday I'm gonna settle down My friends from high school Married their high school boyfriends Moved into houses in the same ZIP codes

I guess I'll never learn Cause I stay another hour or two You know I can't be found with you We get back to my house Your arms, my mouth Now I just stop myself around you A soft sound To the way she wears her hair down Covering up her face

I made a promise to myself Locked it away deep down inside Told my heart we'd wait it out Swore we'd never compromise Oh I'd rather be alone Like I am tonight Than settle for the kind of love That fades before the morning light Silence stared me in the

Oh won't you settle me down The coolest fever in my blood A man's blood runs hot As high as the temple will go Though we can deny our nature, baby It makes us less in control There's a beautiful lady who breaks in the sand

But your wheels just turn, down the road ahead If it hurts at all, you ain't showed it yet I keep lookin' for the slightest sign That you might miss, what you left behind I know there's nothin' stopping you now But I'd settle for a slowdown I'd settle

I'll never grow up You think that life's a free ride We're gonna end your party With some responsibility Hey whadaya doin' with your life Why don'tcha settle down And find yourself a wife