[Verse 1] [x2]
Mary Ruth is mine
Lovely as I love her
She would never hide
Herself with another
[Chorus]
And I lost myself in the drugging winter cold
Don't know a thing about life but I am in love with your soul
[Verse 2]
Mary Ruth, my light
Kicking as I stole her
There behind the shed
I made her body older
There had been a storm
Rolling from the mountain
Now that her back was worn
Everything came down
[Chorus]
She said: I lost myself in the drugging winter cold
Don't know a thing about life but I'm in love with your soul
And I lost myself in the drugging winter cold
Don't know a thing about life but I am in love with your soul
[Bridge]
Oh my darling, wait
Wait for me to throw out
All my sails or brakes
'til the summer she said