merry go round

if you ain't got two kids by 21, you're probably gonna die alone, at least that's what tradition told you, and it don't matter if you don't believe, come sunday morning you best be there, in the front row, like you're s'posed to, same hurt in every heart, same trailer, different park, mama's hooked on mary kay, brother's hooked on mary jane, and daddy's hooked on mary two doors down, mary mary, quite contrary, we get bored so we get married, and just like dust we settle in this town, on this broken merry-go-round, and round and round we go, where it stops nobody knows, and it ain't slowin' down, this merry-go-round, we think the first time's good enough, so we hold on to high school love, say we won't end up like our parents, tiny little boxes in a row, ain't what you want, it's what you know, just happy in the shoes you're wearin', same checks we're always cashin', to buy a little more distraction, 'cause hooked on mary kay, brother's hooked on mary jane, and daddy's hooked on mary two doors down, mary mary, quite contrary, we get bored so we get married, and just like dust we settle in this town, on this broken merry-go-round, and round and round we go, where it stops nobody knows, and it ain't slowin' down, this merry-go-round, mary mary, quite contrary, we're so bored until we're buried, and just like dust we settle in this town, on this broken merry-go-round, mmh, hey, jack and jill went up the hill, jack burned out on booze and pills, mary had a little lamb, mary just don't give a damn no more