CHORUS Don't give up an inch girl If you won't take me for the mile Don't give up an inch girl If you won't take me for a mile Miles from home and I'm all alone And looking for a first time We took a long ride And there by your side I did my first crime Well Mary Mary quite contrary Just how does your garden grow She said you ring my bell And rattle my shell I'll be your pretty maid all in a row Put me to the test Lay me down to rest While your nails cut me up like a knife Put me in you like a flesh tattoo And scarred this poor boy for life CHORUS It was a hot one In the summer sun And more than heat was rising I remember that September And just how you left me smiling I left there shaken Body was achin' Like it never did before Begged and pleaded Swear I needed Needed you a whole lot more Put me to the test Lay me down to rest While your nails cut me up like a knife Put me in you like a flesh tattoo And scarred this poor boy for life CHORUS Made this boy's bell ring And there I earned my wings Left me there in sweet pain Hell I'll never be the same CHORUS