Joe and Mary

This is a story 'bout Mary and Joe

Two young lovers from long ago

Just a small-town romance that you might know

Joe and Mary, Mary and Joe

A rumor got started, or so they say

That Joe got Mary in a family way

Neighbors started talkin', the word got around

Joe said, Mary, gotta blow this town

Oh, Joe and Mary, Mary and Joe

In a beat up Buick on the open road

Chuck Berry playin' no radio

Joe and Mary, Mary and Joe

Joe said, Mary, just a few more miles

You can make it, baby, just give me a smile

I can see Bethlehem up ahead

They got a buffet breakfast and and a motel bed

Yeah, Joe and Mary, Mary and Joe

Lookin' for a place where they can go

The heater went out, it was twenty below

Joe and Mary, Mary and Joe

Well, they pulled up at the Motel 6

Joe said, Mary, we're in a hell of a fix

But don't you worry, baby, it'll be alright

There's angels up in heaven lookin' down tonight, that's right

Oh, Joe and Mary, Mary and Joe

And a pretty little baby in swaddling clothes

A star in the east cast a heavenly glow

Over Joe and Mary, Mary and Joe

Yeah, it wouldn't be long before the world would know

About Joe and Mary, Mary and Joe

Oh yeah

(Joe and Mary)

(Joe and Mary)

(Joe and Mary)

(Joe and Mary)

Come on, ooh, Mary and Joe

Joe and Mary

Joe and Mary

Joe and Mary

Joe and Mary

Oh, Mary and Joe

It wouldn't be long before the world would know