Mary-Beth is living in a world of her own   Sitting in the schoolhouse she sews all day with twine   Making up a picture, making up a song   Some people say she's unusual in the mind   They say that she's unusual in the mind   My name's Abe, I run the general store      Mary-Beth's a strange one, pretty in her way   Sitting in the classroom, a-rocking and a-swaying   A-Sewing and a-knitting to the rhythms of the rain   Stuff from what she's seen mixed with stuff from in her brain   And some say that you'll see America in there   Folks say you'll see America there      One day I had a strange dream and Mary Beth was in it   I dreamed I plucked a bunch of flowers and went to make a visit   I marched up to the schoolhouse and bent down on one knee   Asked Mary-Beth respectfully if she would marry me   Asked Mary-Beth if she would marry me   I said 'My name's Abe, I run the general store'      Mary-Beth gazed down from the chair where she was sitting   Said 'Abraham I thank you, and I will, on one condition   Change the name of the store you keep, call it US Knitting   And move it stone by stone to the top of Sugar Mountain   Move that building up to the top of Sugar Mountain   We will rebuild the general store      'There we'll sell my samplers, make paintings and sing songs   Wait for the Lion of Judah who is rising like the sun   Our pets will be the eagles, our crest a rampant bear   And we will see the whole of America from there   Some of it is pretty, and some is pretty queer   But we'll see the whole of America there'      Mary-Beth's proviso didn't seem so strange   I told her 'That scenario is easily arranged   We'll live on Sugar Mountain, I'll bring my General Store   We'll call it US Knitting and sell samplers by the door   Our pets will be the eagles, and our crest a rampant bear   And when the Lion of Judah roars a mighty roar   We'll see the whole of America there'