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Mary, Mary Bell
with an upper-case M
All your neighbors know
what your mother sells
But you carved out a name
for yourself
Look out, look out
There are murders about
Guinea pig hair
and a twisted mouth
Through a hole to the railway
And Brian's face down
Keep your wits
He will not be missed
He didn't have a family to begin with
Look out, look out
There are murders about
with an upper-case M
All your neighbors know
what your mother sells
But you carved out a name
for yourself
Look out, look out
There are murders about
Guinea pig hair
and a twisted mouth
Through a hole to the railway
And Brian's face down
Keep your wits
He will not be missed
He didn't have a family to begin with
Look out, look out
There are murders about
Lyrics submitted by Coow
Track duration: 02:55
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I must add that I love the way he sings "Look out, look out" in the chorus; to me it sounds like he's really pleading. You can really hear the concern in his voice.
"Mary, Mary-belle with an upper-case M"
"But you carved out a name; you carved out a name for yourself" - Mary carved the letter 'M' into the stomach of her second victim Brian Howe with a pair of scissors after he died.
"Look out, look out
There are murders about" - Mary and her friend Norma Bell broke into a nursery school and scribbled notes confessing to the murders (Mary later said it was for a giggle), this was dismissed as a prank until she was arrested. One of the notes read 'Look out there are murders about'.
"Through a hole to the railway
And Brian�s face down" - Describes the Brian Howe murder scene.
"He will not be missed
He didn�t have a family to begin with" - Mary Bell was quoted as saying 'Brian Howe had no mother, so he won't be missed'.
Sorry, can't see the relevance of guinea pig hair, though Mary did cut Brian's hair with the scissors around the time of his mutilation.
trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/famous/bell/…
Sad sad song. In my opinion if Mary served 12 years in prison, her mother should have served 80.