Townes Van Zandt – Marie (Guitar)

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I stood in line and I left my name

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took about six hours or so

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Well, the man just grinned like it was all a game

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said they'd let me know

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I put in my time till the Pocono line

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shut down two years ago

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I was staying at the mission till I met Marie

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now I can't stay there no more

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Fella 'cross town said he's lookin' for a man

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to move some old cars around

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maybe me and Marie could find a burned-out van

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and do a little settlin' down

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Aw, but I'm just dreamin', I ain't got no ride

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and the junkyard's a pretty good ways

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that job's about a half week old besides

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it'd be gone now anyway

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Unemployment said I got no more checks

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and they showed me to the hall

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my brother died in Georgia some time ago

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I got no one left to call

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Summer wasn't bad below the bridge

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a little short on food that's all

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Now I gotta get Marie some kind of coat

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we're headed down into fall

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I used to play the mouth harp pretty good

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hustled up a little dough

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but I got drunk and I woke up rolled

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a couple of months ago

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they got my harp and they got my dollar

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them low life so and so's

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harps cost money and I ain't got it

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it's my own fault I suppose

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The Pocono's down but the Chesapeak's runnin'

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two freights everyday

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if it was just me I'd be headed south

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but Marie can't catch no train

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She's got some pain and she thinks it's a baby,

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says we gotta wait and see

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in my heart I know it's a little boy

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hope he don't end up like me

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Well, the man's still grinnin' says he lost my file

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I gotta stand in line again

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I want to kill him but I just say no

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I had enough of that line my friend

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I head back to the bridge, its getting kinda cold

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I'm feelin' too low down to lie

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I guess I'll just tell Marie the truth

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hope she don't break down and cry

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Marie she didn't wake up this morning

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she didn't even try

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she just rolled over and went to heaven

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my little boy safe inside

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I laid them in the sun where somebody'd find them

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caught a Chesapeak on the fly

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Marie will know I'm headed south

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so's to meet me by and by

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Marie will know I'm headed south

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so's to meet me by and by