Mary Had A Secret lyrics

Verse 1

We met at redhead Mary's house on a Bible study night

I heard she was a rebel once until she saw the light

Then in the backseat of a crowded car after weeks of holding hands

She was slipping me the tongue among her Christian friends

Chorus

We could chuckle and talk for hours

And then one night over the phone

She went and told me her best friend's secret

After she had lowered her tone

It was all about forgiving and so

She thought that God would want me to know

Verse 2

Her older sisters had both moved out and her parents were divorced

Her mother lived in a trailer park, not big, but she had a porch

And on top of the piano laid a cat with evil paws

Her father he was a proud Nam vet I think she hardly saw

Chorus

We would chuckle and talk for hours

And then one night over the phone

She went and told me her best friend's secret

After she had lowered her tone

It was all about forgiving and so

She thought that God would want me to know

Verse 3

The old piano she could play so nice she had later sadly sold

The money was invested in the church her husband owned

She had a kid when I looked her up and another on the way

And when we waved our last goodbye she said that she would pray