The first thing about Mary, I'll tell you cause you asked
  Is she don't like when people are always livin' in the past
  You know, talkin' 'bout the good old days and how things might have been
  If some folks had been different how things 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
  It was a party in the woods with a fire in a garbage can
  Everyone stood and watched the embers risin' in the sky
  I was askin' about the little girl with the big brown eyes
  But no one knew the first thing about Mary
  
  But I ain't worried about it no I know it'll all be
  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, the first thing about Mary is that she don't ever lie
  And she can tell if you are just by looking in your eyes
  She'll say that she forgives you and you'll try to make amends
  But once her trust is gone she can't really give it back again
  That's what you learn when you've known Mary long as I have
  
  But I ain't worried about it no I know it'll all be
  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
  
  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 build 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 alot of people know
  Is she can't stay in small towns if she thinks she needs to grow
  And you may think its just a phase and she'll soon give in
  And she won't ever leave you, boy, you better think again
  'Cause you can't throw a rope around my Mary
  
  But I ain't worried about it no I know it'll all be
  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