Mary sang a song of murder
Murder made Mary queen
And each corpse cold was a stepping stone
Until the day that she met me I didn’t mean to hurt her
Mary had it comin' soon
She wore young men’s blood on her crimson lips and now death is her perfume
Mary
I didn’t mean to hurt her
Mary
She sang a song of murder
Well she was wild as a rose stick a thorn in your side
Sang a song of murder for the very last time
Sip some red wine with the shadows as they dance
Thereby hold your peace 'cause you don’t get a second chance
Only way she can advance is to knife you in the back
Mischievous yeah that’s the way she acts
And no! You can’t relax
She got some’un up her sleeve
that the devil gon' believe
She can never be on her own
She can’t carry that heavy load
I won’t be her stepping stone
I can’t be that stepping stone
I hear her words but eyes don’t lie
Her surprise to my reply
I won’t be her stepping stone
I can’t be that stepping stone
Some girls
It’s like they’re fresh up out the pen for ya Some girls
Are like them «he don’t know yet» chicks
Them girls
Are like a bullet in the head for ya Purdy women get stoned there quick
They say
That you’re the moon and stars and all that rubbish
They know
That they will do you wrong (do you wrong)
So when
You see’em staring past you in the public
Lookin' to a pretty little
Mary
I didn’t mean to hurt her
Mary
She sang a song of murder (Yes she did)
She can never be on her own
She can’t carry that heavy load
I won’t be her stepping stone
I can’t be that stepping stone
I hear her words but eyes don’t lie
Her surprise to my reply
I won’t be her stepping stone
I can’t be that stepping stone
Now Mary Mary what contrary had it coming soon
She never understood the damage that she did to dude
She placed the cold hands upon my chest
And little Mary took away my breath (uh-huh)
But things have changed and the tables have turned (how?)
And little Mary she’s the one that gets burned now
And so I never meant to do her wrong
Well now I sit and sing this song so come on!
She can never be on her own
She can’t carry that heavy load
I won’t be her stepping stone
I can’t be that stepping stone
I hear her words but eyes don’t lie
Her surprise to my reply
I won’t be her stepping stone
I can’t be that stepping stone