Joe Purdy - Mary May & Bobby lyrics

It was a fine day in the fifth grade
When Mary May let Bobby walk
Her home from school
He had her books in hand and he
Was listening to every word she said
Like it was the gospel or the prophecies
And he loved the way her
Hair fell across her dress
Went home singing who wrote the book of
Love and try a little tenderness, yeah

The next day on the playground
Bobby sat Mary down
On the swingset behind the sandbox
And she said, "Bobby I just want to play
So what is this you have to say?"
He said, "Mary, marry me
We could live out by the sea
Like they do on the movie screens
Oh, marry me, Mary May
Before you go back to play"

It was graduation day
They were waiting on a plane
To take Mary away she said
"There's nothing left for me here but you
Bobby, I hope that you can find yourself too
There's so much that I wish to know
And I have to do this on my own
And I hope that you can understand
Bobby, write me when you can"

And he said, "Take my high school ring
So from time to time now you can think of me
And there's just one more
Thing before you leave"

He said, "Mary, marry me
We could live out by the sea
Oh, like they do on the movie screen
Oh, marry me, Mary May
Before you off and fly away"

So much time has passed since that day
Mary stopped writing years ago
And Bobby never took his music on the road
Guess he never really gave up hope
Now Mary she's got everything
She thought she wanted got a PhD
She is an independent business woman
Climbing up the corporate ladder
Though it really don't seem to matter
She is lonely beyond belief

So one day she went home
Looking for the only love she'd ever known

She found him once again
Playing a circuit at a Holiday Inn
Still singing a song about the
One gone long ago
Just goes to show you never know
She took his hand in hers
Got everything she had planned and rehearsed

She said, "Bobby, marry me
We could live in a apartment
Building with a window view
We could take in movies on the weekend
While we're planning our vacation
Take a honeymoon by the sea
Oh Bobby, won't you just marry me?
Won't you just marry me?
Oh please, marry me"

It was a fine day in the fifth grade
Mary May let Bobby walk her home from school