Mary lee

You were shy around a stranger, but you loved your circle well

With a quiet kind of loving that a heavy heart could tell

You would do most anything for us, or anyone who'd ask

Your patience was a steady hand through every single task

I still see those childhood birthdays, a house so full of friends

And you smiling in the background, where the giving never ends

Oh, Mary Lee, you gave us everything you had to give

You showed me what it means to love, you showed me how to live

As gentle as a summer breeze, as steady as a pine

I'm the one who's lucky, Mary Lee, to call you mine

I look back on my high school years, and I wish I had been kind

For the attitude I carried, and the peace I left behind

I was young and I was stubborn, thought I knew it all back then

But I never meant to hurt you, and I'd take it back again

I hope you know I'm sorry for the grief I put you through

'Cause underneath that rebel pride, my heart belonged to you

Oh, Mary Lee, you gave us everything you had to give

You showed me what it means to love, you showed me how to live

As gentle as a summer breeze, as steady as a pine

I'm the one who's lucky, Mary Lee, to call you mine

When I got older we would drive down to the bingo hall

You'd sit beside your buddies waiting for the numbers call

You'd brag to everybody there about how lucky you must be

To have me right there by your side, keeping company

But Momma, when I hear those words, I have to disagree

'Cause I'm the lucky one to sit beside my Mary Lee

Oh, Mary Lee, you gave us everything you had to give

You showed me what it means to love, you showed me how to live

As gentle as a summer breeze, as steady as a pine

I'm the one who's lucky, Mary Lee, to call you mine

Yeah, you bragged about me at the hall, but the winning card was mine