[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I'm going to tell you a story about old Mary Lou
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I mean the kind of a girl that make a fool of you
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She make a young man old and an old man pay
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The way she took my money was a crying shame

[Chorus]
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Mary Lou, Mary Lou she took my watch and chain
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Mary Lou, Mary Lou she took my diamond ring
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She took the keys to my Cadillac car
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Jumped in my caddy and she drove afar

[Verse 2]
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Put a detective on her trail
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The post office thought they'd chase her by the mail
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She got picked up and then was put in jail
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Stroked the judge just to go home bail

[Chorus]
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Mary Lou, Mary Lou she took my watch and chain
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Mary Lou, Mary Lou she took my diamond ring
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She took the keys to my Cadillac car
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Jumped in my caddy and she drove afar

[Verse 3]
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She left Detroit to go to Kalamazoo
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Made her a fortune out of fools like you
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Met her a rich man who was married and had some kids
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Stroked that cat until he flipped his lid

[Chorus]
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Mary Lou, Mary Lou she took my watch and chain
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Mary Lou, Mary Lou she took my diamond ring
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She took the keys to my Cadillac car
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Jumped in my caddy and she drove afar

[Verse 4]
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She came back into town about a week ago
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Told me she's sorry she had hurt me so
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I had a '65 ford and a two dollar bill
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The way she took that Lord, it gave me a thrill

[Chorus]
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Mary Lou, Mary Lou she took my watch and chain
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Mary Lou, Mary Lou she took my diamond ring
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She took the keys to my Cadillac car
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Jumped in my caddy and she drove afar

[Outro]
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(To Fade)