From the recording Unadorned
Lyrics
MARY LOU
Mary Lou drove home
On a cold wet night
On a bend in the road
A stolen car did collide
Well the driver did run
Yeah tried to escape
Out on highway one
Cops laid in wait
Officer said
"Son you’re gonna pay
When the courtroom rises
On judgement day"
When the judge did ask
"What do you plead?"
'Not guilty' he said
'Of that fatal deed'
Not guilty he said
Not guilty he cried
Not guilty he said
Still Mary Lou died
There they sat
Twelve good and true
He’s had a sad childhood
What else could he do
Well the lawyers they pleaded
For the juror’s choice
The desolation missed
In her husbands voice
Not guilty he said
Not guilty he cried
Not guilty he said
My Mary Lou’s dead
Courtroom adjourned
Jury went for a chat
Just a little while later
Well the foreman came back
Not guilty he said
Not guilty he sighed
Not guilty he said
Still Mary Lou died
In her bedroom
A little girl cries
Never again to see
Her mother alive