[Verse 1]
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Ooh, this is a story 'bout Mary and Joe
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Two young lovers from long ago
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Just a small-town romance that you might know
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Joe and Mary, Mary and Joe
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A rumor got started, or so they say
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That Joe got Mary in a family way
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Neighbors started talkin', the word got around
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Joe said, "Mary, gotta blow this town"
 
 
[Chorus]
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Oh, Joe and Mary, Mary and Joe
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In a beat up Buick on the open road
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Chuck Berry playin' on the radio
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Joe and Mary, Mary and Joe
 
 
[Verse 2]
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Joe said, "Mary, just a few more miles
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You can make it, baby, just gimme a smile
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I can see Bethlehem up ahead
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They got a buffet breakfast and a motel bed"
 
 
[Chorus]
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Yeah, Joe and Mary, Mary and Joe
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Lookin' for a place where they can go
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The heater went out, it was twenty below
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Joe and Mary, Mary and Joe
 
 
[Instrumental]
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[Solo]
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[Verse 3]
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Well, they're all filled up at the Motel 6
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Joe said, "Man, we're in a hell of a fix
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But don't you worry, baby, it'll be alright
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There's angels up in heaven lookin' down tonight"
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That's right
 
 
[Chorus]
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Oh, Joe and Mary, Mary and Joe
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And a pretty little baby in swaddlin' clothes
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Star in the east cast a heavenly glow
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Over Joe and Mary, Mary and Joe
 
 
[Outro]
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Yeah, wouldn't be long before the world would know
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About Joe and Mary, Mary and Joe
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Oh, yeah
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Joe and Mary
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Joe and Mary
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Joe and Mary
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Joe and Mary
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 Oh, Mary and Joe
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Joe and Mary
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Joe and Mary
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Joe and Mary
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Joe and Mary
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 Oh, Mary and Joe
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It wouldn't be long before the world would know