Mary take me back to Nights when we felt the air cool And your mother called you in for your dinner And you told me she had grown paler and thinner Since last I saw her So you took your feet from the bed of the quarry And ran without shoes on and said you were sorry To leave me there in the water And I don’t see you round here no more And I don’t hear her calling your name Somebody told me they saw you last winter Carrying all of the blame Darling, nothing could keep her Regret and guilt like rock like silt sink deeper We shouldn’t have been there without any grown ups It’s not safe for two little girls so they told us But we were chosen daughters See our mothers loved us strong as the river They held us and carried us and safely delivered us Out to wider waters And I don’t see you round here no more And I don’t hear her calling your name Somebody told me they saw you down South You were carrying all of the blame Mary Your mother loved you strong as the river She held you and carried you and safely delivered you Out to wider waters