I went down to see lonesome Mary
She was sitting all alone
She was crying for the contrariness
That made a desert of her home
She was weeping and a-wailing
You know she does it every day
I said Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary
How can you live that way
She said I don't know
Must be in my soul
I guess I must be the most contrary
Hard to get along with
Person in this world
Ooh, Lonesome Mary
Ooh, Lonesome Mary
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I went down to see lonesome Mary
She was sitting all alone
She was crying for the contrariness
That made a desert of her home
She was weeping and a-wailing
You know she does it every day
I said Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary
How can you live that way
She said I don't know
Well, it must be in my soul
I guess I must be the most contrary
Hard to get along with
Person in this world
Ooh, Lonesome Mary
Ooh, Lonesome Mary
Yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, yeah
She was sitting all alone
She was crying for the contrariness
That made a desert of her home
She was weeping and a-wailing
You know she does it every day
I said Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary
How can you live that way
She said I don't know
Must be in my soul
I guess I must be the most contrary
Hard to get along with
Person in this world
Ooh, Lonesome Mary
Ooh, Lonesome Mary
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I went down to see lonesome Mary
She was sitting all alone
She was crying for the contrariness
That made a desert of her home
She was weeping and a-wailing
You know she does it every day
I said Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary
How can you live that way
She said I don't know
Well, it must be in my soul
I guess I must be the most contrary
Hard to get along with
Person in this world
Ooh, Lonesome Mary
Ooh, Lonesome Mary
Yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, yeah