I went down to see lonesome Mary She was sitting all alone She was crying for the contrariness That made a desert of her home She was weeping and a-wailing You know she does it every day I said Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary How can you live that way She said I don't know Must be in my soul I guess I must be the most contrary Hard to get along with Person in this world Ooh, Lonesome Mary Ooh, Lonesome Mary Yeah, yeah, yeah I went down to see lonesome Mary She was sitting all alone She was crying for the contrariness That made a desert of her home She was weeping and a-wailing You know she does it every day I said Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary How can you live that way She said I don't know Well, it must be in my soul I guess I must be the most contrary Hard to get along with Person in this world Ooh, Lonesome Mary Ooh, Lonesome Mary Yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, yeah