It was the year of our father Nineteen-hundred and seventy-six in JA When I first met my Mary, Quite contrary to what my mother did say She was a mountain girl come to Spanish Town I was only there for a while But when I think back on all the love we shared I just can't but help to smile We spent one whole long year together But at the end, I had to go By my Mary's side, I wept and cried I'd never been laid so low She said, Boy, when you first met me You were as green as a mango tree But now you are a man, go back to your land But first listen carefully You can smoke two pounds of Cali herb by yourself Then try to stand on your head No matter how high you get You'll never forget The wonders of Mary's bed Now my Mary's sweet smell was in my nose And her vision, it robbed me blind And as I crossed the sea, it occurred to me That I left myself behind She was my natural mystic Sweet sugarplum I still ask, why did I go They say your first love is your hardest love And I'd have to say that's so Now it's a day and another day And a way and another way Had a family once but they're gone Now it don't strike me as weird There's gray in my beard And her words still linger on You can smoke two pounds of Cali herb by yourself Then try to stand on your head No matter how high you get You'll never forget The wonders of Mary's bed And now there's nothing for me left here 'Cept some broken dreams, disappointments I've had a few But there's this place I know Where the mangroves grow and there's just one thing left to do I'll go back to my Mary's bed Plant a kiss on her head and pretend that Time just stood still Then I can live out my life like it should have been And the rest will be what it will So I went back to the bar where we first met Asked the bartender, where could she be And as he poured me a beer He said, last year She left this world peacefully Then every man in the bar looked at me They said, old man don't you see We were all touched by Mary, just like you Now she lives on in our memories And we all can smoke Two pounds of Cali herb by ourselves Then try to stand on our heads No matter how high we get we'll never forget The wonders of Mary's bed And we can run Two hundred miles through a ganja field until All we see is red And we can shout it out, were still thinking about The wonders of Mary's bed And so we sing Jump around sweet Mary You know we all have to move along You never know what you've got In this cruel world Until you realize it's gone

O dangwa bosso o dangwa mbusa N'do si bi wèni o mala no Londo lé ndé boso di titi mbusa N'do biya wèni o ma dangwa no na Nin mboa ngo nyé ndé mboa su mo Bongwa so mo na nginya é A muna ndéngè Mo yoé ndutu mba Nin mboa ngo nyé ndé mboa su mo Wapè bongwa so mo na nginya é A muna ndéngè Mo yoé yé mba é senga lambo é Ah té mba ndé mola Longè mo léndé o londo kwala Hmm mol'Emmanu, sénga lambo Ah té mba ndé mola Longè mo léndé o londo kwala Ebolo é ma bo O'i ma solo ndabo Ndé kè mbia mwé o njégèlè wa (Lu lu lu) O bè pè tè so moto nu bi longè Kè wa bongwa mbia mongo é (lu lu lu) Nin mboa ngo nyé ndé mboa su mo Wapè bongwa so mo na nginya é A muna ndéngè (mo yoé ndutu mba o) Nin mboa ngo nyé ndé mboa su mo Wapè bongwa so mo na nginya È A muna ndéngè (mo yoé yénè, nin nyèn nya nginya) (Ah té mba ndé mola Longè mo léndé o londo kwala) Emmanu é o sénga lambo (Ah té mba ndé mola Longè mo léndé o londo kwala) Na, di ni ya no tungè to moto a titi A sango'a masoki o tomb'sè lambo o Bona Tétè, ndutu é ma bwa dubè Botéa na wèngè, o titi to lambo Ain't nobody ... Ain't nobody ...Ain't nobody Na, di ni ya no tungè to moto a titi ndabo A sango'a masoki o tomb'sè lambo o Bona Tétè, ndutu é ma bwa dubè Botéa na wèngè, o titi to lambo Ain't nobody... Ain't nobody... Ain't nobody (Na mary), na mary wa (wa no tukwé) Emmanu, o si tuko tè mola I to bunya (Sweet Mary) i mama Mary (wèlisanè) mama Mambo ma longè mé no nika O mèndè wèlisanè mba Na mala Jédu mbalè Na ma timba Jédu Na mala Jédu mbalè Na ma timba Jédu mbalè Muto na bana mbongo wènguè Ba timbi wolo wa, ba timbi tuba mila Makom na mbia mwèssè wènguè Mu linganè wa, sè lambo bobé i wèkè Na mala Jédu mbalè na Na ma timba Jédu woko mba Na mala Jédu mbalé mboa sango'a mié Na ma timba Jédu