[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