Maybe my mind is playing tricks on me but I could've sworn   That the kiss that was meant truly for me is leaving me torn   How can love be so kind and so gentle and turn and be so cold   Why must my arms feel so empty for what my heart still holds      Mary, how could you go   Around and hurt me so   I've tried so hard to please you, baby   But I just can't seem to baby      Mary, how could you go   Around and hurt me so   I've tried so hard to please you, baby   But I just can't seem to baby      Now was there something I could've done to change this outcome here   As if I blinked my eyes and suddenly she up and disappeared   How can love escape your grasp without you ever letting go   And until she returns to my offer I may never know      Mary, how could you go   Around and hurt me so   I've tried so hard to please you, baby   But I just can't seem to baby      Mary, how could you go   Around and hurt me so   I've tried so hard to please you, baby   But I just can't seem to baby      M A R Y   H O W C O U L D Y O U B E S O C R U E L T O M E M Y love   M A R Y   H O W C O U L D Y O U B E S O C R U E L T O M E M Y love      Mary, how could you go   Around and hurt me so   I've tried so hard to please you, baby   But I just can't seem to baby      Mary, how could you go   Around and hurt me so   I've tried so hard to please you, baby   But I just can't seem to baby      Mary, how could you go   Around and hurt me so   I've tried so hard to please you, baby   But I just can't seem to baby      Mary, how could you go   Around and hurt me so   I've tried so hard to please you, baby   But I just can't seem to baby      Mary, how could you go   Around and hurt me so   I've tried so hard to please you, baby   But I just can't seem to baby