I've got too much on my plate Don't have no time to be a decent lover I hope it isn't too late Searching for the time that has gone so fast The time that I thought would last My ever present past I've got too much on my mind I think of everything to be discovered I hope there's something to find Searching for the time that has gone so fast The time that I thought would last My ever present past, hmm The things I think I did I did I, did I, did The things I think I did When I was a kid I couldn't understand a word that they were saying But still I hung around and took it all in I wouldn't join in with the games that they were playing It went by, it went by, in a flash It flew by, it flew by, in a flash There's far too much on my plate Don't have no time to be a decent lover I hope it's never too late Searching for the time that has gone so fast The time that I thought would last My ever present past, hmm The things I think I did I did I, did I, did The things I think I did When I was a kid, hmm The things I think I did I did I, did I, did, hmm The things I think I did When I was a kid Oh, when I was a kid

I'm blue, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, doo, be, doo, be, doo, be, doo I'm blue, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, doo, be, doo, be, doo, be, doo I'm blue, ooh, ooh, ha, blue, blue be, doo, be, doo, be, doo I throw'd a penny in the well Hopin' you would come back soon The fortune teller told me My love with you, ooh, was through I hope she was wrong 'Cause you been gone too long Come home (I'm blue, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, doo, be, doo, be, doo, be, doo) Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone Yeah (I'm blue, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, doo, be, doo, be, doo, be, doo) Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, yeah (I'm blue, ooh, ooh, ha, blue, blue be, doo, be, doo, be, doo) I can't sleep at night for thinking of you (Every night about two) (My love for you comes tumblin' down) I can't stand being here all alone (I start to a-feelin' and a-fumblin') (But you ain't nowhere around) I hope her reading was wrong (I hope she was wrong) ('Cause you been gone too long, come home) Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, yeah I'm blue, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, doo, be, doo, be, doo, be, doo I'm blue, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, doo, be, doo, be, doo, be, doo I'm blue, ooh, ooh, ha, blue, blue be, doo, be, doo, be, doo I wanna tell all you people (I throw'd a penny in the well) (Hopin' you would come back soon) I couldn't believe what I heard (A fortune teller told me) (My love with you, ooh, was through) I hope her reading was wrong (I hope she was wrong) ('Cause you been gone too long, come home) (I'm blue, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, doo, be, doo, be, doo, be, doo) Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone Yeah (I'm blue, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, doo, be, doo, be, doo, be, doo) Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, yeah (I'm blue, ooh, ooh, ha, blue, blue be, doo, be, doo, be, doo Mmm, mmm, mmm, yeah I'm blue

Run, run, run Mary, run, run, run Jimmy, run, run, run Mary, run, run, run Mary and Jimmy were both very young But as much in love As two people could be And all they wanted Was to be together and share that love eternally They went to their folks they told them That someday soon they'd be wed Their folks just laughed And called them kids So Mary said Give us your blessings Please don't make us run away Give us your blessings Say you'll be there on our wedding day They wouldn't have laughed at Mary If they could have seen through the door 'Cause Jimmy was waiting in the car While she begged them just once more Give us your blessings Please don't make us run away Give us your blessings Say you'll be there on our wedding day Well as they drove off, they were crying And nobody knows for sure That that is why they didn't see the sign That read: detour The next day, when they found them Mary and Jimmy were dead And as their folks knelt beside them in the rain They couldn't help but hear The last words that Mary had said Give us your blessings Please don't make us run away Give us your blessings Say you'll be there on our wedding day Run, run, run Mary, run, run, run Jimmy, run, run, run Mary, run, run, run