INTRO:
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Run, run, run, Mary, run, run, run..Jimmy, run,
run, run, Mary, run, run, run.
#1.
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Mary and Jimmy were both very young, but as much
in love as two people could be.
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And all they wanted was to be together and share
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that love, eternally.
#2.
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They went to their folks and told them that someday
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soon they'd be wed.
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Their folks just laughed and called them kids.
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So, Mary said..
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Give us your blessing, please don't make us run away.
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Give us your blessing, say you'll be there on
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our wedding day.
#3.
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They wouldn't have laughed at Mary, if they could
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have seen through the door.
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But Jimmy was waiting in the car, but she begged
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them just once more.
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Give us your blessing, please don't make us run away.
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Give us your blessing, say you'll be there on
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our wedding day.
#4.
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Well, as they drove off they were crying, and nobody
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knows for sure, if that is why they didn't see the sign
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that read, 'detour.'
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The next day when they found them, Mary and Jimmy were
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dead.
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And as their folks knelt beside them, in the rain, they
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couldn't help but hear the last words that Mary said.
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Give us your blessing, please don't make us run away.
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Give us your blessing, say you'll be there, on
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our wedding day.
OUTRO:
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Run, run, run, Mary, run, run, run..Jimmy, run,
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run, run, Mary, run, run, run..Jimmy, run, run, run,
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Mary, run, run, run..(Fade.)
