If you ain't got two kids by twenty one
You're probably gonna die alone
At least that's what tradition told you
And it don't matter if you don't believe
Come sunday morning
You best be there in the front row
Like you're supposed to
Same hurt in every heart
Same trailer different park
Mama's hooked on mary kay
Brother's hooked on mary jane
And daddies hooked on mary two doors down
Mary mary quite contrary
We get bored so we get married
Just like dust we settle
In this town on this broken merry
Go round and round and round we go
Where it stops nobody knows
And it ain't slowin' down
This merry go round
We think the first time's good enough
So we hold on to high school love
Say we won't end up like our parents
Tiny little boxes in a row
Ain't what you wanted what you know
Just happy in the shoes you wear
Same checks we're always cashing
To buy a little more distraction
Cause mothers hooked on mary kay
Brothers hooked on mary jane
And daddies hooked on mary two doors down
Very mary quite contrary
We get bored so we get married
Just like dust we settled
In this town on this broken merry
Go round and round and round we go
Where it stops nobody knows
And it ain't slowing down
This merry go round
Mary mary quite contrary
We're so bored until we're buried
And just like dust we settle
In this town on this broken merry go round
Merry go round
Mary
Jack and jill went up the hill
Jack burned out on booze and pills
And mary had a little lamb
Mary just don't give a no more