The Card

Father puts an ad on the personal page

The print is black and clear

Saying Mary please write

Please don't drop out of site

Mary, we love you dear

Mary, we want you here

Oh, Mary, why did you disappear?

Mother sits at home by the telephone

Her tears won't cease to flow

Praying Mary will call

But there's no call at all

Mary, where did you go?

That's all we want to know

Oh, Mary, call us and say hello

Meanwhile in the city

Mary looks pretty

eating an ice cream cone

With her childhood past

She's free at last

And making it on her own Jimmy puts an ad on the personal page

He can't believe they're through

Darling, I was so blind

But I'm changing my mind

Mary I'll marry you

Just like you want me to

We'll do whatever you want to do

When the ads are in and the type is set

The printer makes a plate

Then it goes off to press

Will the ad bring success?

Jimmy can hardly wait

Mother is in a state

They still don't know that it's much too late

Mary, the escaper, picks up a paper

Reads what the columns say

Walking through a crowd she laughs out loud

And tosses the sheet away

(laughter)