Deep Purple - Mary Long Lyrics






Mary Long is a hypocrite
She does all the things that she tells us not to do
Selling filth from a corner shop
And knitting patterns to the high street queue
She paints roses, even makes them smell good
And then she draws titties on the khazy wall
Drowns kittens just to get a thrill
And writes sermons in the Sunday Chronicle

How did you lose your virginity, Mary Long ?
When will you lose your stupidity, Mary Long ?

Mary told Johnny not to write such trash
Said it was a waste of public money
She made a fuss, they made apologies
But everybody thought the show was funny
When the nation knew you'd had children
It came as such a surprise
We really didn't know you'd had it in you
How you did it we can only surmise

How did you lose your virginity, Mary Long ?
When will you lose your stupidity, Mary Long ?

Mary Long, you're not alone
But you're a long way behind our times
What we do in full frontal view
Is more honest than your clean-up mind
What I'm saying, Mary Long is
When you can spare a minute
Go find your friend the porny Lord
Dig your self a hole and jump in it

How did you lose your virginity, Mary Long ?
When will you lose your stupidity, Mary Long ?





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  1. M.... ....

    Such an underrated album and I simply can’t understand why

  2. M.... L....

    You didn’t have to do me like that 😔

  3. r.... h....

    One of Purple's best!

  4. A.... C....

    the best group of the world

  5. K.... C....

    03:30 seems to beat around.....best

  6. D.... L....

    "How did you lose your virginity, Mary Long?.........Mary said 'schlong' "

  7. A.... C....

    people who dislike this song don't know what os rock and roll. Beautiful song from purple

  8. w.... ....

    We lived in Belgium when this album was released. I can remember hearing this song coming from my older sister's room. She saw Deep Purple in Brussels, too.

  9. T.... B....

    Best album besides, Deep purple in Rock. Great

  10. V.... ....

    Who is this woman ???

    V.... ....

    Mary and Johnny. Hmmm. Are they the same peoplein the song by Robert Palmer ? But in different order ...

    V.... ....

    Mary Whitehouse and Lord Longford.

    V.... ....

    Thank U. Why didn't i google first ? I will never lose my stupidity .....

    V.... ....

    @Verutschkow don't say that
    A lot of interpretations tend to come forth to explain things
    But the answer is the two Brits mentioned above

    V.... ....

    It’s me lol

  11. b.... ....

    On my tape, after "Mary long" the next song was ''Omagiu lui Jimi Hendrix'' (A tribute for Jimi Hendrix), by Sideral Modal Quartet.

  12. u.... m....

    Ashame their best album by far but it was pure tension in the studio. Best record all time . By the time deep purple finished this record the band waa no more

    u.... m....

    By that time, the band recruited two 21 y o musicians to replace Gillan and Glover... They came with good energy, though it wasn't the same
    Burn was recorded Nov 1973

  13. T.... ....

    Love Ian Gillian's vocal control in the outro (also the middle-eastern influence).

  14. M.... ....

    Ian Gillan canta muito

  15. T.... ....

    This and Somewhere In Time are my two favourite albums ever

  16. P.... T....

    Unfortunately there isn’t much guitar work on this album Blackmore didn’t even show up for many of the writing sessions..he & gillan weren’t speaking to each other.

  17. v.... ....

    Listening to this song for the first time...wow...

  18. M.... ....

    This song has a specific vibe. Roger Glover sung some words too.. At the beginning... With.. Tities on a carsi..

  19. M.... H....

    Deep purple mark 2 this is by far the best line up purple ever had glover is gold on bass and paice is tops on drums not to mention the organ king lord and blackmore and gillum wow highway star strange kind of woman place in line smoke on the water holy cow the best

    M.... H....

    Michael Hull....unfortunately there wasn’t much guitar on this album...Blackmore didn’t even show up for many of the writing sessions..& when he did he offered only generic ideas.

  20. S.... M....

    About Mary whitehouse.
    Another pommy slut in a long line of them.

  21. S.... M....

    Kick arse shit about a bitch

  22. D.... ....

    Holy vulva i know a woman called Mary Long

    D.... ....

    DoinThupidThings “holy vulva” lmao

    D.... ....

    @Keif Fitz not wrong about that...it is a holy place!

    D.... ....

    I am named Mary long 😂

    D.... ....

    how did you lose your virginity @Mary Long ?

  23. A.... ....

    +Mary Long - Great song mocking Mary Whitehouse who was a nutjob Christian trying to 'clean up' TV in the UK during the 1960's and '70's. Here is just one example: she was against 'Dr Who' (starring Tom Baker) WTF ??? She was against feminism, abortion, gay rights, long hair, 'permissiveness', and basically anything to do with sex. Meanwhile she had no problem with UK foreign policy promoting war, defunding sex education, and defending conservative politicians accused of crimes.
    Geoffrey Robertson, a top UK Human Rights Lawyer, described Whitehouse as homophobic in The Times in 2008, saying: "Her fear of homosexuals was visceral". He describes the beliefs she reveals in her book, 'Whatever Happened to Sex?', as "nonsense", such as her assertion that "homosexuality was caused by abnormal parental sex 'during pregnancy or just after'", saying that for her, "being gay was like having acne: And she was fond of saying "Psychiatric literature proves that 60 per cent of homosexuals who go for treatment get completely cured'". Pink Floyd also mocked her in their song 'Pigs' off the 'Animals' album.
    Thank Narnia she has kicked the bucket, this planet is far better off without her ilk.

  24. S.... P....

    Like se sei arrivato qua grazie ad @orgoglio_veneto

  25. E.... B....

    ¡¡¡¡BUENISIMOOOOOOOOO¡¡¡¡¡¡

  26. B.... S....

    I'm OK I WAS BORN 1964 N TEN YRS APPROX THIS SONG. .IM MARY ALMA LONG ..BUT IM NOT A HYPOCRITE TRU ..THO VERY CHILD LIKE ..ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT . IM NOT GOING T LET YA'AL KNO WEN I LOST MY VIRGINITY ..BUT I TELL YA IT TWAS T MY TWO BOYS DADDY. .BUT MY STUPIDITY YO IS IN FULLLLL FORCE . ALAS MAYB . WHO KNOS ..IM HAPi AS BRO hahaha

  27. v.... v....

    LA MEJOR BANDA DEL MUNDO

  28. J.... S....

    Best album ever. My first album 40 years ago still my favorite

    J.... S....

    Unfortunately there’s not much guitar on this album Blackmore didn’t even show up for many of the writing sessions & when he did he only offered generic riffs other then woman from Tokyo.he & gillan weren’t even speaking to each other.

    J.... S....

    @Pony TrekkerThe key board drums guitar, singnig and bass are fantastic, especially in ths song

    J.... S....

    "Best album ever" ---that might be a bit of a stretch LOL. A very good album though..

    J.... S....

    Totally agree love every song

    J.... S....

    Great album

  29. a.... g....

    first heard this track when I bought my women from tpkto album and became a top favourite

  30. G.... S....

    about the TV critic Mary Whitehouse, and a Lord "long something

    G.... S....

    +GRAHAM STENSON Thank you for share i would never know that

    G.... S....

    Lord Longford...

    G.... S....

    Longford.
    http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=19226

    G.... S....

    Maybe it's because of this the album Who Do We Think We Are was so highly underrated by critics (despite of its commercial success)?

  31. �.... �....

    Эта песня выходила в СССР на миньоне. Там же была ещё одна песня DP, а на другой стороне по одной песне Chicago и Blood, Sweet & Tears. Точнее - огрызки песен, целиком не умещались...

    �.... �....

    @tyutjfyj jfjtfhjtyj Во так перл: "в ссрр запрещены были пластинки"....

  32. R.... S....

    Remembered youth 👏🏼

  33. E.... J....

    Ahhh.... Real Music

  34. A.... S....

    what we do in full frontal view is more honest than your clean-up mind....

    A.... S....

    Andrew Scott Lane Ian Gillian said one time,this was their worst album.i disagree then and now:this is their best.

  35. A.... M....

    My childhood!!!

  36. n.... ....

    incredible playing by Ian Paice from 3:30 on...

    n.... ....

    He's an incredible drummer. I was lucky enough to see Deep Purple live in 2004 (minus Blackmore and Lord) and the drum and bass battle between Paice and Glover was one of the best things I've ever seen. Too bad Gillian was too old to sing Child In Time. It was a fantastic concert though. Even Thin Lizzy opened.

    n.... ....

    Whole band tight most people just think of Smoke on the Water when there was SO MUCH MORE This whole album fantastic

  37. M.... L....

    this isn't very nice

    M.... L....

    Whot ir wrong in trying to protect young and children of ugyness and vulgar things until they can see it and be strong to endure it?

    M.... L....

    Dubica
    Protecting kids from reasonable reality; will stunt or cripple them, fool. Plus, who the hell makes the determination; of what is, or is not acceptable? Censorship is the greater evil.

    M.... L....

    Are you a farmer's daughter, Ms. Long?

    M.... L....

    About Constance Mary Whitehouse and Lord Longford -both of whom died in 2001.

    M.... L....

    Lol we have the same name

  38. R.... B....

    music for the future,but i am glad i was here to edit it this is good stuff. thankyou mum and dad.

  39. H.... R....

    incrementa tu inteligencia   ACTIVA SINAPSIS POSITIVAS ANTIDEPRESIVAS Y AUMENTa LA CONCERNTRACION  EVERY DAY YOU LL BE fun

  40. t.... ....

    I consider Who Do We Think We Are? to be the best album they ever put out only because any DP album would have been hard to follow Machine Head but this album rocks from beginning to end. 

    t.... ....

    What about Perfect Strangers album?

    t.... ....

    @Mike Reitsma Perfect Strangers is excellent but Deep Purple In Rock is even better imo !