Church bells ringin', gospel singin' Mary's limping up the steps to the worship hall She was born in the afternoon On V-Day in 1945 when Berlin falls She was the toast of the town Every boy would lay it down to serve her crown Oh my, oh my How the mighty fall in time Married to a congressman Decided things way back when it's a curtain call Looking in the mirrored night The image staring back at her is all a lie It seems a trick of the eye Just yesterday she heard her baby's newborn cry Oh my, oh my How the mighty fall in time Oh my, oh my How the mighty fall in timе Just tearing through the pages and losing your mind 'Forе you know it you've reached your last line Oh my, oh my How the mighty fall in time Oh my, oh my How the mighty fall in time