Nobody told me about Mary

I heard it just by accident

It all seemed so un-necessary

I couldn't figure out what it meant

They said she was gone, permanently

And no-one expected her home

Nobody told me about Mary

And I wish I had known.

Nobody told me about Mary

And I wish I'd have known.

Sweet seventeen and a dreamer

Astounded by all that she saw

Fantasy figures came nearer

She reached out to embrace them all

She much to give but too sensitive

To live surrounded by stone

Nobody told me about Mary

And I wish I'd have known

Nobody told me about Mary

And I wish I'd have known.

Mary's gone out to the country

Some people say to the farm

A place where it's peaceful and sunny

Far from all danger and harm

Slowly it seems they're curing her dreams

But I wish they'd leave her alone

Nobody told me about Mary

And I wish I'd have known

Nobody told me about Mary

And I wish i'd have known.