The first thing about Mary, I'll tell you 'cause you asked
She don't like when folks are always livin' in the past
You know, talkin' 'bout the good old days and how things might've been
If some folks had been different it might be better now for them
That's what you learn when you've known Mary long as I have
You see, when I met Mary Campbell, that's what her name was then
But I ain't worried about it none, I know it'll all be okay
She's gonna come on back to me someday
'Cause he don't know the first thing about Mary
She could never love a man that way
You see, one thing about Mary is that she don't ever lie
Pray that they don't dust your life for the little fingerprints
I can't recall my life before her and there ain't been nothin' since
And they can raise great buildings full of stuff I'll never learn
But I understand the reason for the fire and how it burns
You see, one thing about Mary not a lot of people know
No he don't know the first thing about Mary
She could never love a man that way