On the day I was born, Mary Jones was 10
But just a little bit later on down the line,
I looked in her eyes, and I realized I'd see her,
Just a little bit later on down the line.
So when I was a man, Mary Jones was my plan,
And on the day I was to make her mine.
She left me a note, and what she wrote was see you,
Just a little bit later on down the line.
She said: Baby, it ain't that I don't love you,
It's just that the road is long,
And there's a lot you've got to see.
Today I heard it said, Mary Jones was wed,
They say he looked her age, and she looked fine.
My one love is gone, why wasn't she born,
Just a little bit later on down the line,
Just a little bit later on down the line.
