I'm gonna tell you a story    'Bout ol' Mary Lou    I mean the kind of a girl    That make a fool of you       She make a young man old    And an old man pay    The way she took my money    Was a crying shame       Mary Lou, Mary Lou    She took my watch and chain    Mary Lou, Mary Lou    She took my diamond ring    She took the keys to my Cadillac car    Jumped in my Caddy and she drove afar       Put a detective    On her trail    The post office thought    They'd chase her by the mail       She got picked up    And then was put in jail    Stroked the judge    Just to go her bail       Mary Lou, Mary Lou    She took my watch and chain    Mary Lou, Mary Lou    She took my diamond ring    She took the keys to my Cadillac car    Jumped in my Caddy and she drove afar       She left Detroit    To go to Kalamazoo    Made her a fortune    Out of fools like you       Met her a rich man    Who was married and had some kids    Stroked that cat    Until he flipped his lid       Mary Lou, Mary Lou    She took my watch and chain    Mary Lou, Mary Lou    She took my diamond ring    She took the keys to my Cadillac car    Jumped in my Caddy and she drove afar       She came back into town    About a week ago    Told me she's sorry    She had hurt me so       I had a '65 Ford    And a two dollar bill    The way she took that    Lord, it gave me a thrill       Mary Lou    She took my watch and chain    Mary Lou, Mary Lou    She took my diamond ring    She took the keys to my Cadillac car    Jumped in my Caddy and she drove afar