she s staying around or else she s going away it could be forever or it might be today or may be forever i call her a mercury girl she s building me up and then she s knocking me down like a factory chimney in a northern town and i am demolished i call her a mercury girl she never sees me til the sun goes down lives in a secret world says her career is in another town life with a mercury girl one day once when i got some time i tried to hold her but she wouldn t be mine she slipped through my fingers and i missed the mercury girl she came back to me with her mocking eyes she told me she loved me but it could have been lies and life can be up and down life with a mercury girl and life can be up and down life with a mercury girl she never sees me till the sun goes down lives in a secret world says her career is in another town life with a mercury girl she s staying around or else she s going away it could be forever or it might be today or may be forever i call her a mercury girl she s building me up and then she s knocking me down like a factory chimney in a northern town and i am demolished i call her the mercury girl and i am demolished i call her the mercury girl  hody hody hello there it s mr schmooty patootie here once again to say here s looking at you kids 