Now, Mary wasn't happy with the life that she led   She was a simple girl without much to say   So one day she upped and left her dreary home   And she left all her friends to wander all alone      And at first she was afraid, she was so far away   From her home but slowly she got to like it anyway   Oh, Mary, won't you please come   Mary, won't you please come   Mary, won't you please come home      Well, in time she found   The mountain that she had been taught   Her whole life that she must avoid   And though at first it hurt and no one could comfort her   She finally came to appreciate it      And she liked it, she liked it, oh, wasn't she surprised   And though still alone, she grew so much inside   Oh, Mary, won't you please come   Mary, won't you please come   Mary, won't you please come home      And after a time she became so sublime   She could look in peoples eyes and read their minds   Though her hands would sometimes bleed   And occasionally she would long for her past   And the memories they bring      She decided to return to her old home town   And her heart was burning with all the things she found   Oh, Mary, won't you please come   Mary, won't you please come   Mary, won't you please come   Please come home      So, Mary came back and at first no one recognized her face   And her friends were all a little bit afraid   When they heard what she had to say   They all slowly backed away   And her family took her aside and put their arms around her      They said, "Mary, won't you please come back to us now   There is still time to repent for all your sins"   And Mary started to cry when she realized   That she'd never come home again in her life      Oh, Mary, won't you please come   Mary, won't you please come   Mary, won't you please come   Please come home      Come home   Come home   Come home   ...