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Me and Mary Lou Were married right out high school Her soon to have a baby Me with nothing much to do Didn't get much of an education From the high school social scene Life is now one big social frustration If you know what I mean Got a job on the dead shift Down at the Jiffy mart When Mary Lou went to labor Emptying out her shopping cart Got the call at 2am Telling me I had a boy I went straight to isle 3 And bought him his first of many broken toys Cause broken toys prepare us For the book of broken dreams That most of us later in life Tend to sit and read Got the call not that much later Telling me Mary Lou had died Pretty shortly after that My boy let out his first of many cry's I wish I could have been there Though not much I could have done Except to give last minute comfort To the mother of my son Still down at the Jiffy mart Whats a man to do With a now 2 year old by your side Sitting on a stool He loves to hear the stories Of when his mom and I were young But he always adds the saddest end When he asks why she is gone I tell him she's still living Only now she's in our hearts I'm not sure that he believes me As that's when the tear drops start But life goes on as always Like the purchases that I ring With both us boys missing Mary Lou If you know what I mean
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