Mary Lou lyrics

Artist  : Kris Delmhorst 
Song : Mary Lou



 Send "Mary Lou" Ringtone to your Cell 

 A little girl walked out one day and said woe is
me

Things just aren't the way I thought they'd
be

So please don't make me turn 30, don't make me
turn 16

If the rest of life is anything like what I've
seen



Cause I know that I'm a goner and I know it won't
be long

Cause I see on every billboard they tell me I'm
all wrong

They say you're taking too much time girl, you
take up too much space

You better stake yourself a claim before you lose
that face



But I see you and you're different and to me you
look so free,

You live your life the way you think it ought to
be

And your body's not a prison or a weapon or a
curse

You say "I'm gonna love each passing year
for better or worse" for good or worse



When I grow up I want to be like you, marylou

When I grow up I want to be like you

I want to be a wise woman and a little girl
too

When I grow up I want to be like marylou



The little girl said they tell me, "boys
will be boys,

You gotta let them take the wheel and let them
make the noise,

You gotta let them keep believing you're
underneath their thumb

Cause they won't cause you so much trouble if you
learn to play dumb."



But I see you and you're smiling, living on your
own

Your paintbrush and your poems and you'll never
be alone

You've got work to sustain you, you've got
friends to hold your hands

You say "life is just as beautiful as I
think I can stand"



When I grow up I want to be like you, marylou

When I grow up I want to be like you

I want to do the things that people just don't
do

When I grow up I want to be like marylou



A little girl said well tell me, can this be,

Can the world be asking so much of me?

To give up my own body, my dreams and my
name,

To give my hands to carrying the whole world's
shame?



But you're not your father's keeper, you're not
your mother's pain,

You're not your brother's anger or your sister's
rain,

You're not your lover's chew toy and you're not
the world's excuse,

You say "my life just got so beautiful the
day I turned it loose"



When I grow up I want to be like you, marylou

When I grow up I want to be like you

I want to be a wise wise woman, want to be a
little girl too

When I grow up I want to be like marylou