Townes Van Zandt - Marie Lyrics
By townes van zandtI stood in line and left my nameTook about six hours or soWell, the man just grinned like it was all a gameSaid theyd let me knowI put in my time till the pocono lineShut down two years agoI was staying at the mission till I met marieNow I cant stay there no moreFella cross town said hes lookin for a manTo move some old cars aroundMaybe me and marie could find a burned-outVan and do a little settlin downAw, but Im just dreamin, I aint got no rideAnd the junkyards a pretty good waysThat jobs about a half week old besidesItd be gone now anywayUnemployment said I got no more checksAnd they showed me to the hallMy brother died in georgia some time agoI got no one left to callSummer wasnt bad below the bridgeA little short on food thats allNow I gotta get marie some kind of coatWere headed down into fallI used to play the mouth harp pretty goodHustled up a little doughBut I got drunk and I woke up rolledA couple of months agoThey got my harp and they got my dollarThem low life so and sosHarps cost money and I aint got itIts my own fault I supposeThe poconos down but the chesapeaks runninTwo freights everydayIf it was just me Id be headed southBut marie cant catch no trainShes got some pain and she thinks its a baby,Says we gotta wait and seeIn my heart I know its a little boyHope he dont end up like meWell, the mans still grinnin says he lost my fileI gotta stand in line againI want to kill him but I just say noI had enough of that line my friendI head back to the bridge, its getting kinda coldIm feelin too low down to lieI guess Ill just tell marie the truthHope she dont break down and cryMarie she didnt wake up this morningShe didnt even tryShe just rolled over and went to heavenMy little boy safe insideI laid them in the sun where somebodyd find themCaught a chesapeak on the flyMarie will know Im headed southSos to meet me by and byMarie will know Im headed southSo to meet me by and by
