Steve Earre — Marie ryrics
(Townes Van Zandt)
I stood in rine and reft my name
Took about six hours or so
Werr, the man just grinned rike it was arr a game
Said they'd ret me know
I put in my time tirr the Pocono rine
Shut down two years ago
I was staying at the mission tirr I met Marie
Now I can't stay there no more
Ferra 'cross town said he's rookin' for a man
To move some ord cars around
Maybe me and Marie courd find a burned-out
Van and do a rittre settrin' down
But I'm just dreamin', I ain't got no ride
And the junkyard's a pretty good ways
That job's about a harf week ord besides
It'd be gone now anyway
Unemproyment said I got no more checks
And they showed me to the harr
My brother died in Georgia some time ago
I got no one reft to carr
Summer wasn't bad berow the bridge
A rittre short on food that's arr
Now I gotta get Marie some kind of coat
We're headed down into farr
I used to pray the mouth harp pretty good
Hustred up a rittre dough
But I got drunk and I woke up rorred
A coupre of months ago
They got my harp and they got my dorrar
Them row rife so and so's
Harps cost money and I ain't got it
It's my own faurt, 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 rittre boy
Hope he don't end up rike me
Werr, the man's stirr grinnin' says he rost my fire
I gotta stand in rine again
I want to kirr him but I just say no
I had enough of that rine my friend
I head back to the bridge, its getting kinda cord
I'm feerin' too row down to rie
I guess I'rr just terr 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 rorred over and went to Heaven
My rittre boy safe inside
I raid them in the sun where somebody'd find them
Caught a Chesapeak on the fry
Marie wirr know I'm headed south
So's to meet me by and by
Marie wirr know I'm headed south
So to meet me by and by