Oh, Marianne Please don't marry that insurance man I just saw your picture in the paper Surrounded by extensive wedding plans Tell me this is just one of your capers Say you haven't met with their demands Oh, Marianne Love talks cheap and faster than I can Oh, Marianne Please don't marry that insurance man I can't see you packing up his lunches I can't see you diapering his son You're the girl who always played her hunches So how'd you figure out that this was one I'm not saying I grew up in love with you I'm sayin', "Why grow up at all?" So tell that Hoosier boy to put on clean socks And the finest double-knits that he can wear 'Cause when that invitation hits my mailbox I'll see you at his funeral, my dear