If you ain't got two kids
by twenty-one
You're probably
gonna die alone
Least that's what
tradition told you
And it don't matter
if you don't believe
Come Sunday mornin'
You'd 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 Daddy's hooked
on Mary two doors down
Mary Mary quite contrary
We get bored
So we get married
And 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 want
It's what you know
Just happy in the shoes
you're wearin'
Same checks
we're always cashin'
To buy a little
more distraction
'Cause Mama's hooked
on Mary Kay
Brother's hooked
on Mary Jane
And Daddy's hooked
on Mary two doors down
Mary Mary quite contrary
We get bored
So we get married
And 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
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
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