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[00:10.85]It was a fine day in the fifth grade
[00:16.55]When Mary May let Bobby walk her home from school
[00:21.63]He had her books in hand and he was listening to every word she said
[00:26.18]Like it was the gospel or the prophecies
[00:32.48]And he loved the way her hair fell across her dress
[00:37.50]Went home singing "Who Wrote The Book of Love"
[00:40.64]And "Try A Little Tenderness," yeah
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[00:54.21]The next day on the playground Bobby sat Mary down
[00:59.48]On the swingset behind the sandbox
[01:04.77]And she said, "Bobby I just want to play
[01:10.47]So what is this you have to say?"
[01:15.58]He said, "Mary, marry me
[01:20.54]We could live out by the sea
[01:25.81]Like they do on the movie screens
[01:32.14]Oh, marry me, Mary May, Before you go back to play."
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[01:48.31]It was graduation day
[01:53.42]They were waiting on a plane to take Mary away
[01:58.84]She said, "There's nothing left for me here but you
[02:04.14]Bobby, I hope that you can find yourself, too
[02:10.25]There's so much that I wish to know
[02:15.52]And I have to do this on my own
[02:20.87]And I hope that you can understand
[02:25.89]Bobby, write me when you can"
[02:30.86]And he said, "Take my high school ring
[02:35.70]So from time to time now you can think of me
[02:41.98]And there's just one more thing before you leave"
[02:47.65]He said, "Mary, marry me
[02:51.99]We could live out by the sea
[02:56.95]Oh, like they do on the movie screen
[03:03.93]Oh, marry me, Mary May
[03:06.72]Before you up and fly away"
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[03:39.49]So much time has passed since that day
[03:44.88]Mary stopped writing years ago
[03:49.55]And Bobby never took his music on the road
[03:54.86]Guess he never really gave up hope
[04:00.85]Now Mary she's got everything she thought she wanted
[04:06.15]Got a PhD, she is an independent business woman
[04:10.90]Climbing up the corporate ladder
[04:14.36]Though it really don't seem to matter
[04:15.92]She is lonely beyond belief
[04:22.17]So one day she went home
[04:26.04]Looking for the only love she'd ever known
[04:37.48]She found him once again
[04:41.01]Playing a circuit at a Holiday Inn
[04:46.54]Still singing a song about the one gone long ago
[04:52.43]Just goes to show you never know
[04:59.11]She took his hand in hers
[05:03.56]Got everything she had planned and rehearsed
[05:09.56]She said, "Bobby, marry me
[05:14.46]We could live in a apartment building with a window view
[05:20.21]We could take in movies on the weekend
[05:23.68]While we're planning our vacation
[05:25.82]Take a honeymoon by the sea
[05:28.79]Oh Bobby, won't you just marry me?
[05:35.44]Won't you just marry me?
[05:40.23]Oh please, marry me"
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[06:01.47]It was a fine day in the fifth grade
[06:07.10]When Mary May let Bobby walk her home from school
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