It was a fine day in the fifth grade   when mary may let bobby walk her home from school   he had her books in hand   and he was listening to every word she said   like it was the gospel of the prophecies   and he loved the way her hair fell across her dress   went home singing who wrote the book of love   and try a little tenderness      the next day on the playground   bobby sat mary down on the swingset behind the sandbox   and she said, "bobby i just wanna play,   so what is it you have to say?"   he said, "mary, marry me.   we could live out by the sea   like they do on the movie screen.   oh, marry me, mary may,   before you go back to play"      it was graduation day   they were waiting on a plane to take mary away   said, "theres nothing left for me here but you   bobby, i hope you can find yourself through   theres so much that i wish to know   and i have to do this on my own   and i hope you can understand   bobby, write me when you can"      he said, "take my highschool ring   so time to time now you can think of me   and there's just one more thing before you leave"      he said, "mary, marry me   we could live out by the sea   oh, like they do on the movie screens   oh, marry me, mary may,   before you are fly away"      theres so much time has past since that day   and mary stopped writing years ago   and bobby never took his music on the road   guess he never really gave up hope   though mary shes got everything she thought she wanted   got a phd, she is an independent business woman   climbin' up the corporate ladder   though it really dont seem to matter,   she is lonely beyond belief   so one day she went home   looking for the only love she'd ever known      she found him once again   playing circuit at the holiday inn   still singing the song about the one he lost long ago   just goes to show you never know      she took his hand in hers   not everything she had planned and rehearsed   she said, "bobby, marry me   we could live in a apartment building with the window hue   we could take in movies on the weekend   or plan our vacation   take a honeymoon by the sea   oh bobby, wont you just marry me?   wont you just marry me?   oh please, marry me"      it was a fine day in the fifth grade   mary may let bobby walk her home from school