i m gonna tell you a story bout mary lou you know the kind of woman make a fool of you she make a young man itch she make an old man faint the way she took my money was a cryin shame mary lou mary lou she took my watch and chain mary lou mary lou she took my diamond ring mary lou she took the keys to my cadillac car jumped in my kitty drove off far left me stranded in kalamazoo makin her fortune off a fool like you she married a rich man had a dozen kids drove that cat until he flipped his lid mary lou mary lou she took my diamond ring mary lou mary lou she took everything mary lou she took the keys to my cadillac car jumped in my kitty drove off far come back into town about a week ago told me she was sorry that she hurt me so i had a fifty five ford and a two dollar bill the way she looked at that man gave me a chill mary lou mary lou took my diamond ring mary lou mary lou she took my watch and chain mary lou she took the keys to my cadillac car jumped in my kitty drove off far mary lou mary lou she took my diamond ring mary lou mary lou she took everything mary lou took the keys to my cadillac car jumped in my kitty drove off far  ah drove off far drove off far drove off far oh kept on driving that car she took everything i had stuck it in that car yeah jumped in my kitty drove off far