Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Marie , by - Townes Van Zandt. Release date: 21.02.2017
Song language: English
Marie |
| I stood in line and left my name |
| Took about six hours or so Well, the man just grinned like it was all a game |
| Said they’d let me know |
| I put in my time till the pocono line |
| Shut down two years ago |
| I was staying at the mission till I met marie |
| Now I can’t stay there no more |
| Fella 'cross town said he’s lookin' for a man |
| To move some old cars around |
| Maybe me and marie could find a burned-out |
| Van and do a little settlin' down |
| Aw, but I’m just dreamin', I ain’t got no ride |
| And the junkyard’s a pretty good ways |
| That job’s about a half week old besides |
| It’d be gone now anyway |
| Unemployment said I got no more checks |
| And they showed me to the hall |
| My brother died in georgia some time ago |
| I got no one left to call |
| Summer wasn’t bad below the bridge |
| A little short on food that’s all |
| Now I gotta get marie some kind of coat |
| We’re headed down into fall |
| I used to play the mouth harp pretty good |
| Hustled up a little dough |
| But I got drunk and I woke up rolled |
| A couple of months ago |
| They got my harp and they got my dollar |
| Them low life so and so’s |
| Harps cost money and I ain’t got it It’s my own fault I suppose |
| The pocono’s down but the chesapeak’s runnin' |
| Two freights everyday |
| If it was just me I’d be headed south |
| But marie can’t catch no train |
| She’s got some pain and she thinks it’s a baby, |
| Says we gotta wait and see |
| In my heart I know it’s a little boy |
| Hope he don’t end up like me Well, the man’s still grinnin' says he lost my file |
| I gotta stand in line again |
| I want to kill him but I just say no I had enough of that line my friend |
| I head back to the bridge, it’s getting kinda cold |
| I’m feelin' too low down to lie |
| I guess I’ll just tell marie the truth |
| Hope she don’t break down and cry |
| Marie she didn’t wake up this morning |
| She didn’t even try |
| She just rolled over and went to heaven |
| My little boy safe inside |
| I laid them in the sun where somebody’d find them |
| Caught a chesapeak on the fly |
| Marie will know I’m headed south |
| So’s to meet me by and by Marie will know I’m headed south |
| So to meet me by and by |