Pretty Mary K walks along the dock   With some sailor's pay shoved down in her sock   Pretty Mary K with some little boy in blue   Who can't stay away from you      Pretty Mary K took him back to town   I'm down here by the bay where the water pounds   Up against the wall crying black and blue   Keeps me away from you      Pretty words that you whispered   Maybe I misunderstood   Somebody's not paying attention   What they promise and their word isn't good      Oh, Mary K, I can see your face   Down there in the waves, faded and erased   But I know it's just a reflection of the moon   A big fake resembling you      I'm going to go down in the water   Fill my mouth up full of sand   I'll be waiting still impatient   With my dead imagination while you're with some other man      Pretty Mary K is off in somebody's room   I'm down here by the bay, my arm around the moon   But I'll be with you soon just as soon as I pay   A walk across the water with pretty Mary K   Walk on water, pretty Mary K